UPDATE 7:41 AM
Prince George Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire at the 3700 block of Landsdowne Road last night (Mon).
When crews arrived just after midnight, they found four mobile homes on fire.
One of the homes was vacant while the rest were occupied.
Everyone inside was escorted out by fire personnel with no injuries reported.
Three of the trailers sustained major damage. The fourth suffered exposure damage.
The dollar loss is estimated at $100,000.
The fire is under investigation.
UPDATE 2:30 AM
Incident Commander Brbot confirmed there were four trailers involved in the blaze. He couldn’t confirm a cause or damage costs yet.
On-scene RCMP don’t believe there was anyone in a trailer during the incident, however, they couldn’t confirm this.
ORIGINAL POST
A trailer park is experiencing a major blaze starting after midnight early Tuesday morning.
Four buildings in Sunrise Valley Mobile Home Park, including an alleged pump-house, are believed to be caught in the fire, with more than 20 people outside their homes.
Five fire trucks on scene, at least on ambulance still here and a handful of RCMP officers pic.twitter.com/mjGFKLRfDl
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 25, 2017
According to a witness, alleged squatters were in an abandoned trailer where the fire originally began, caught the tree adjacent to the home, and then spread to the neighbouring buildings.
Several Prince George firefighters hauling in seven trucks are on-scene and appear to have contained most of the flames.
Can hear equipment (chainsaws?) coming from other side of buildings. Visually, one building looks completely out, another still smoking pic.twitter.com/OB03nWnqEj
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 25, 2017
Incident Commander Peter Brbot is the firefighter in charge, but has yet to confirm the cause.
Ambulance and RCMP officers are also standing by, monitoring the situation.
More to come …
– with files from Spencer Gowan, My PG Now
Crews put down their hoses, this fire seems to be under control #cityofpg pic.twitter.com/hPCqDmkyGj
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 25, 2017
Doesn’t look like any emergency crews have left. Crews still attacking the 2 or 3 buildings we can see pic.twitter.com/mocDMfpTKj
— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 25, 2017
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