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Firefighters knock down East Vancouver garage fire

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View from the East Vancouver garage fire from Grandview Highway near Boundary Road. (Courtesy Matthew Le Page)

Vancouver Fire Rescue Services crews are on the scene of a garage fire in East Vancouver Tuesday morning.

Breaking out before 8:30 a.m., with quick work, fire crews knocked down the fire by 9:30 a.m.

Firefighters tell 1130 NewsRadio that they have Rupert Street closed while crews continue to be on scene near the fire at East 3rd Avenue and Skeena Street.


VFRS has Rupert Street blocked in East Vancouver due to a garage fire. (Courtesy City of Vancouver)

Taking to social media, VFRS previously shared that the garage was “fully involved.”

“Crews getting water on the fire and conducting search efforts,” crews shared.

Speaking to 1130 NewsRadio, Assistant Chief Jarret Gray says no injuries have been reported, and the cause of the fire does not look suspicious.

One caller to 1130 shared that they could see smoke from Grandview Highway, just south of the area of the fire.

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With files from Raynaldo Suarez.