Chilliwack Fire responds to fire in Yale Road supportive housing building

CHILLIWACK — Fourteen firefighters from two Chilliwack fire halls were dispatched Wednesday (Sept. 6) after a fire broke out in a unit at a Yale Road supportive housing complex.

According to a news release from Fire Chief Ian Josephson, Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched at 3:32 p.m. Wednesday after a fire alarm activated in a three-storey supportive housing building in the 45000 block of Yale Road.

Once they arrived, fire crews discovered the fire alarm activation was due to a fire in one of the units. The fire had activated a single sprinkler head, extinguishing the fire. Firefighters confirmed the fire was out and shut off the sprinkler system. There was minor fire, smoke and water damage in the unit, Josephson said.

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries. Josephson said the fire appears to be accidental, possibly related to smoking materials discarded into a plastic bag.