House fire displaces several in Vancouver's West End
House is over 100 years old, according to BC Assessment
Several people have been displaced after a three-alarm fire at a house in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood.
The fire broke out around 8 p.m. Saturday and kept crews busy overnight.
Vancouver Fire said as many as 7 people may have been living in the house on Broughton Street near Pendrell Street, but only two were home at the time.
One of residents was taken to hospital with minor injuries, but the other refused.
Officials initially had trouble tracking the other residents down, but all were accounted for by 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
According to BC Assessment, the house was built in 1901.
Battalion Chief Steve Duncan said the construction materials used for the home helped the fire spread quickly.
"The fire … just travels right up and into the roof," he said.
"Crews went in the basement and went in the main floor … the fire crept up and over top of us. We pulled them out and went defensive."
Duncan said it was too early to know how the fire started.
