Mar 20, 2023 · Vancouver firefighters were called to the Downtown Eastside Sunday evening after a fire destroyed multiple tents in an encampment and spread to a building near Main and East Hastings...

Aug 7, 2022 · Firefighters extinguished a fire in an unoccupied tent on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Saturday morning. It comes after a deadline to remove tents and structures along East Hastings Street due...

Mar 20, 2023 · A frightening moment was caught on camera this weekend as a fire broke out in a tent set up in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Inside the tent on Main near East Hastings several propane tanks were found, which the fire department calls a "serious risk."

Mar 13, 2023 · Police say a body has been found inside the remains of a burned tent at an encampment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Fire crews were dispatched on Sunday afternoon for a report of a tent...

Mar 20, 2023 · A tent fire on the Downtown Eastside involving multiple propane tanks quickly spread to The Imperial event space near Main and Hastings Street Sunday afternoon.

Mar 22, 2023 · The head of Vancouver's fire department is calling on the city to do more to move tents away from buildings in the Downtown Eastside after a propane tank explosion and fire on Sunday that...

Apr 24, 2023 · Vancouver police and fire department officials say things have settled down after a tent camp was cleared-off the sidewalks of East Hastings Street, but street violence and fires remain a risk...

Aug 7, 2022 · It was the Vancouver fire chief's worst fear when she ordered structures removed from a growing sidewalk tent city in the Downtown Eastside last month. Early Saturday, a tent caught...

Amidst the growing Downtown Eastside tent city, a small fire on Hastings Street Saturday morning was put out by Vancouver Fire Rescue services. Assistant Fire Chief Brian Bertuzzi said that crews put out a tent fire early Saturday morning. It was vacant at the time, but its contents were destroyed. No injuries were reported.

Mar 20, 2023 · Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says it was called to a blaze in the Downtown Eastside Sunday evening. Assistant Fire Chief Jarret Gray says the fire started in two to three tents just...