Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / PML / Chilliwack Fire Department responded to a report of a residential structure fire at this home on Landing Drive on Skwah First Nation Friday morning, September 2. The occupant was able to escape safely.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Structure fire

Chilliwack Fire responds to structure fire on Skwah First Nation; at least 5 fires in 2 weeks in Chilliwack

Sep 3, 2022 | 6:00 AM

CHILLIWACK — A relentless string of fires seem to be happening all over Chilliwack in the past two weeks.

Over two dozen firefighters from three halls in Chilliwack were able to vanquish a residential structure fire on Landing Drive on Skwah First Nation early Friday morning, September 2.

According to a statement issued by Chilliwack Fire Department Friday afternoon, fire personnel responded to a reported structure at 7:15 a.m.

Twenty-five firefighters from Halls No. 1, 2 and 4 were dispatched and once they arrived, crews discovered smoke emanating from an attached garage of a two-story residential structure.

Firefighters secured a water supply and quickly doused the flames.

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The occupant was home at the time of the fire, but was safely evacuated and called 911.

A vehicle within the garage sustained significant fire damage. There were no civilian or firefighter injuries.

The fire is currently under investigation by the Chilliwack Fire Department.

Yellow caution tape could still be seen Friday night from the residential structure where the fire occurred.

Friday’s fire marks at least the fifth fire in approximately two weeks.

On Monday, August 29, firefighters were dispatched to a fire in the 9500 block of Corbould Street where a trailer was completely engulfed in flames.

Chilliwack firefighters 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. That fire was rapidly vanquished.

The Chilliwack Fire Department extinguished a barn fire that broke out early Saturday morning, August 20 in the 5200 block of Sumas Prairie Road near the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve.