Karen Fry posted a video of the firefight on Abbott on Monday morning, saying “many passengers were rescued.”
Her video showed smoke falling from a four-story brick building as firefighters sprayed water upstairs.
Shortly after noon, the leader wrote that “13 fire engines” were at the scene and that someone living on the second floor had been rescued.
Smoke could be seen from several kilometers away as flames erupted from the roof of the brick building.
Vancouver police are urging drivers to avoid the area because of the fire.
This is breaking news and will be updated.
Smoke appears to be blowing outside Vancouver’s Gastown neighborhood during a fire with three alarms on April 11, 2022.
Firefighters work to put out a three-fire alarm in Vancouver’s Gastown neighborhood on April 11, 2022. (Submitted)
Spectators watch the scene of a fire in Vancouver on Monday, April 11, 2022. (Jim Fong / CTV News Vancouver)
The scene of a fire on Abbott Street is pictured in Vancouver on Monday, April 11, 2022. (Jim Fong / CTV News Vancouver)
A fire rips through a building in Vancouver’s Gastown neighborhood on Monday, April 11, 2022. (Jim Fong / CTV News Vancouver)
