Image: Julie Hiscock, used with permission / In this image shared by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, a trailer appears to have been charred by some kind of fire at the Island 22 homeless encampment south of Cartmell Road in Chilliwack. Chilliwack Fire was reportedly dispatched overnight to extinguish the fire.
By Mike Vanden Bosch
Overnight fire at Island 22

Chilliwack Fire dispatched for fire at Island 22 encampment overnight

Oct 19, 2023 | 8:39 AM

CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched for an apparent trailer fire at the Island 22 homeless encampment early Thursday morning.

According to information gathered from Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, who monitors overnight scanner traffic, fire personnel responded to the off-grid encampment just south of Cartmell Road, near Fairfield Island, sometime after 1:15 a.m. Thursday (October 19).

A picture taken Thursday morning at around 8 a.m., and shared by Hiscock with Fraser Valley Today, shows a trailer on the ground charred in the middle section, against a backdrop of nearby trees, with burned, darkened debris adjacent to the trailer.

Andy Brown, assistant fire chief for the Chilliwack Fire Department, confirmed in an email to Fraser Valley Today Thursday morning that crews were dispatched for a travel trailer.

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“Our crews responded to a travel trailer fire at Island 22 encampment to find a fully involved 5th wheel,” Brown said. “Crews confined the fire to the unit of origin. There were no firefighter or civilian injuries reported, and cause has not been determined at this time.

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