Some historic companies Hastings Street In Vancouver, Vancouver ignited Wednesday morning.
Vancouver’s fire and rescue services were called in the Hastings Sunrise district around 4 am after reporting a structure fire on East Hastings near Garden Drive.
More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire.
“Upon arrival, the fire was developing in depth and rapidly developing structures in adjacent properties,” the public news manager at the fire and rescue in Vancouver.
He said three companies were affected and that seven people were moved.
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“These are older structures that are wood, many of them have empty spaces inside.”
Smoke could be felt in the city and Trudeau said people should keep their windows and doors closed.
Hastings Street has been closed between Nanaimo Street and Lakewood Drive for hours, but has since reopened.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Tom Pedriks, the creative director of Wohlford & Company, officially known as Dayton Boots, said that he was mainly worried about his staff if they were to close for a while.
“It is a historic building, it has been working for 75 years, so there is a lot of equipment in there that is probably irreplaceable,” he said.
“Obviously, it’s wet, so there is a lot of reconstruction to do.”
Pedriks said there was a lot of wood inside the building, describing it as an “Amadou box”.
Dayton Boots has operated its East Vancouver factory store since 1946.
“There is a deep history and an involvement with the community with Dayton and now Wohlford,” added Pedriks.
“Unfortunately, this has happened and we will have to rebuild.”
The fire seems to have damaged the restaurant of the Indian chefs and the Windsor meats.
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