Firefighters in Campbell River were called to a house fire Tuesday afternoon that spread to a neighbouring home and threatened two others.
Crews responded to the 4500-block of Barclay Road, after reports around 1:40 p.m. of explosions and a fire that is believed to have started in a motorhome and spread to a house on the property.
The home firefighters responded to was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived, and crews saw flames coming from a neighbouring house.
Firefighters were able to save two other adjacent homes from the fast-moving fire.
CR Fire respond to reports of explosions and two homes on fire this afternoon on Barclay Rd. Fire crews were able to save two other adjacent homes from the fast moving fire. All occupants from both homes were accounted for and no injuries reported. The fire is under investigation pic.twitter.com/isdrADbbl9
— Campbell River Fire (@RiverCityFire) June 30, 2021
The Campbell River Fire Chief says two residents of the initial house were not home at the time.
One person got out of the neighbouring home that caught fire, unharmed.
The investigation continues into what started the fire.
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