Fire displaces Campbell River family, firefighters save townhouse complex

Fire displaces Campbell River family, firefighters save townhouse complex
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Campbell River fire fighters contain fire to living room of a townhouse on 7th avenue Wednesday. The fire did not spread to the remaining nine units of the multi-family complex.

Campbell River firefighters contain a fire in the living room of a townhouse on 7th avenue Wednesday. The fire did not spread to the remaining nine units of the multi-family complex.

A quick response from Campbell River firefighters helped save a townhouse complex after a fire broke out in one of the units Wednesday.

But a family of three is displaced and one man was sent to hospital for smoke inhalation after crews responded just after 1 p.m. on 7th avenue.

One man had been inside when a smoke alarm went off and he was able to escape.

When respondents arrived less than four minutes after the initial call, heavy black smoke and fire were coming from the two-storey townhouse complex.

Smoke coming out of townhouse complex on 7th Avenue in Campbell River Wednesday.

Smoke coming out of townhouse complex on 7th Avenue in Campbell River Wednesday.

The fire was contained in the living room where the blaze started, and crews were able to stop it from spreading to the other nine units of the complex.

“This a prime example of the importance of a working smoke alarm, which greatly increases the chance of escaping from a fire, and a quick response from the fire department to stop the fire in its early stages of growth,” Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Doherty said.

Investigators say smoking ignited living room furniture.

Andy NealAndy Neal

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