Two people were sent to hospital with injuries after a late-night house fire ignited in the basement suite of a Port Alberni home.

Port Alberni Fire Department was called to a two-storey home in the 2600-block of First Avenue just after 11 p.m., deputy Chief Wes Patterson said. B次元官网网址淐rews arrived on scene and there was heavy smoke coming out of the basement.B次元官网网址�

Three residents were able to escape the fire, and two were sent to West Coast General Hospital with undetermined injuries.

B次元官网网址淭he basement was heavily damaged with fire and smoke throughout,B次元官网网址� Patterson said. The fire B次元官网网址渢ransitionedB次元官网网址� from inside the house up the exterior and into the roof, making it challenging to extinguish.

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B次元官网网址淯nfortunately there were two dogs that were deceased.B次元官网网址�

The house fire was the second structure fire for the PAFD in one day. Just after 5 p.m. they received a call about a fire at Our Home on Eighth shelter, in the 3900-block of Eighth Avenue. That fire occurred inside one of the second-storey rooms, but was contained via the buildingB次元官网网址檚 sprinkler system as well as a shelter employeeB次元官网网址檚 efforts, Patterson said. The roomB次元官网网址檚 resident was taken to West Coast General Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

There was some water damage to the kitchen below the affected room. B次元官网网址淲e were able to get all residents back in except for the one unitB次元官网网址� on the same day, he added.

susie.quinn@albernivalleynews.com
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