Residential fire burns garage, roof of home west of Watson Elementary in Chilliwack

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There were two vehicles in the driveway at the home, including a grey Honda CRV that may have sustained smoke or fire damage.

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The fire did not spread to properties on either side of it.

It’s been a busy couple days for the Chilliwack Fire Department, which extinguished a residential fire Friday morning (Aug. 26) in Fairfield Island at 2:45 a.m. in the 10600 block of Young Road. That home, carport and a Ford SUV were heavily damaged by fire.

Prior to that, the Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched on Thursday night, Aug. 25 to a report of a structure fire in the 45000 block of Westview Avenue, about a kilometre west of Chilliwack General Hospital. Twelve firefighters from Halls 1 and 4 responded to the scene and discovered a small fire on the upstairs deck of the home.

According to a statement from the Chilliwack Fire Department, this fire had the potential to cause serious damage to the home, however the tenant acted quickly and began to extinguish the fire with a garden hose before the arrival of fire crews. The tenant’s actions combined with the swift work of fire crews to complete extinguishment and check for fire spread significantly reduced the amount of damage that could have occurred.