Arson not ruled out, investigation can’t begin until area is cleared
The Plaza Hotel was scheduled for a May 8 follow-up inspection
The Victoria Fire Department and VicPD are looking for the building’s caretaker
People evacuated for 40 minutes while specialists made gas line safe
Structural damage has barred half of the tenants from returning, while others might move back sooner
Burke died during a fire in her fourth-floor apartment in Esquimalt on Sunday
The fatal fire started in the victim’s unit
Sunday fire tears through top floor of four-storey residential building on Craigflower Road
Two separate fires caused by cigarette butts were avoidable
Volunteer fire department sends three men up ladders to fix the flagpole and replace flag
Jenny Lou was studying at the Victoria Conservatory of music when her home went up in flames
Emterra truck sitting on McLure Street in residential neighbourhood, driver safe
Crews contain fire to fourth-floor suite, appears to have started in living room
Firefighters from nearby hall arrive quickly but blaze already fully involved
Residents encouraged to be FireSmart and properly dispose of cigarettes
No one home in suite where fire started, everyone got out ok: VFD
The barge poses too many hazards for investigators.
Five families, at least a dozen people, displaced by Johnson Street fire
Cleanup will take a while, but store manager expects commercial sales to continue
