Cranberry fire
A house was saved after Powell River Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire on the 6900 block of Cranberry Street around 3:30 pm on Sunday, August 28.
Firefighters arrived to find a fire that was spreading from a shed onto a garage and infringing on the house. A neighbour’s toolshed was also on fire.
“If we had arrived even a minute later, the house would have been on fire,” said fire chief Terry Peters. “It was a really huge save for the residents there.”
A crew including a few off-duty firefighters who were in the area worked to keep the fire away from the house, said Peters.
The resident suffered burns and smoke-inhalation injuries attempting to extinguish the fire before firefighters arrived. He was treated by BC Ambulance Service on scene.
The house received moderate damage, including broken windows. Peters said fire’s cause is unknown at this time and investigations are ongoing.
ALC site visit
Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) is one step closer to making a decision whether to exclude a 30-acre parcel of land in Townsite from the Agricultural Land Reserve in order for an international school to be built on it.
ALC commissioners met with representatives of PRSC Land Development and Sino Bright School on Wednesday, August 17, to do a site visit on land adjacent to Brooks Secondary School.
PRSC, a partnership between City of Powell River and Tla’amin Nation, is now waiting to receive a copy of the site-visit report, and a timeline for when a decision will be made, according to PRSC co-manager Scott Randolph.
