Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / An emergency management vehicle from the Chilliwack Fire Department is parked Cloverdale Paint at 45389 Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack after a fire broke out at the commercial building shortly before midnight Tuesday night. Firefighters from five halls were paged at approximately 11:55 p.m. Tuesday evening.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Structure fire

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UPDATE 3:40 P.M. WEDNESDAY: Go Bananas, an indoor play facility for younger kids located next door to Cloverdale Paint on Luckakuck Way, posted on Facebook that it is closed until further notice due to the overnight fire. A Chilliwack resident posted on social media that her child’s birthday party has been canceled because Go Bananas doesn’t have access to its premises to establish a reopening date. In response to a statement of support from a Chilliwack resident, Go Bananas said, “We sure will reopen but don’t know when. We can not wait to see you all again.”

UPDATE 10 A.M., WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson says 50 firefighters from five halls responded to the report of a fire at Cloverdale Paint overnight. Responding fire crews discovered a large single-story paint store with smoke and flames visible. Fire crews accessed the building and operated fans to disperse a large amount of smoke emanating from the structure to enhance safety and visibility for firefighters.

Firefighters subsequently entered and performed a coordinated interior attack to successfully suppress the fire. Crews were on scene for an estimated three to four hours, Assistant Fire Chief Wilson said, and conducted overhaul operations with thermal imaging cameras, thereby enabling crews to locate, access and extinguish small areas of fire that had spread into the roof structure of the building.

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries reported during the fire, which is under investigation by Chilliwack Fire Dept. personnel.

Firefighters reportedly cut a hole in the roof during their firefighting attack. Go Bananas, an indoor playground facility operating next door to Cloverdale Paint, sustained damage as a result of the fire. A fire inspector is currently on scene at Cloverdale Paint as of 9:45 a.m. The building will need to be assessed to ensure it is structurally safe to enter.

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If employees need to be shifted to other stores within the company, Cloverdale Paint has retail stores in Abbotsford and Mission.

ORIGINAL STORY:

CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack firefighters from five stations were paged overnight after a structure fire broke out at Cloverdale Paint at 45389 Luckakuck Way.

According to a voice recording provided to Fraser Valley Today by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, firefighters from Halls 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were paged at 11:55 p.m. Tuesday night for the report of a structure fire. The call was later upgraded to a second alarm.

Nearby residents posted on social media that they heard multiple emergency sirens during the incident.

Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / At least 3 RCMP units were present Wednesday morning at 5:45 a.m. after a fire broke out at Cloverdale Paint.

Police blocked Luckakuck Way while firefighters suppressed the structure fire.

Several Chilliwack RCMP units remain on scene as of 5:45 a.m. Wednesday morning. Fraser Valley Today visited the scene and saw a uniformed RCMP member using his flashlight to illuminate a corner of the damaged paint store.

Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / An RCMP member illuminates a corner of Cloverdale Paint in the aftermath of a fire.

Firefighters gained access to the store by breaking through a window on the east-facing side of the building.

It’s not immediately clear how much damage the next door tenant, Go Bananas Indoor Playground, sustained from the fire, but its front door was also propped open while police investigated.