Stewart: Building and Fire

stewart: He said that when he arrived at the building at 11:30 a.m., he saw flames the height of building itself emerging from the roof. "I was terrified," Shirzad said. "It was the first time I saw such a fire." Stewart said the building contains 48 units in total, the majority of which are inhabited by Syrian refugees, according to CBC. He said the 12 units directly affected by the fire are uninhabitable, and the remaining 36 are without power and will likely be inaccessible for several days. The fire began at Building 21 of a housing complex at 550 Cottonwood Ave., which Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said had the highest concentration of refugee tenants on the complex. "So many of them had lost everything already prior to coming to Canada," Stewart said. "These families have been through hell." @cbcnewsbc @Stephens PhotoM @sluddu Rasheed Shirzad lives in the building adjacent to the one that caught fire. The City of Coquitlam said, altogether, 86 residents have been displaced. He said the refugee families forced to flee each have at least three children. Shadi al-Radi also lives in the building next door; his brother lives in the building that caught fire. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.