Building: Crews and Fire

building: Burnaby fire crews were called in for back up since there were two other blazes going on in Coquitlam at the same time, according to CTV. The three-storey building, which does not have sprinklers, was undergoing repairs and the water was turned off. Coquitlam fire crews responded to the three-alarm fire on Cottonwood Avenue just after 10:30 a.m. The tar roof trapped the flames and heat, making it a challenge for crews to put out the blaze. Most of the refugee families living in the building came to Canada from Aleppo, Syria, arriving in the fall of last year. The building landlord offered the apartments for the Syrian refugees below market rent for the short term, because there are so few available rentals in the area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.