VFD Firefighters Operating At A West Vancouver House Fire (Photo)
-03/30/25
This morning Vancouver firefighters were dispatched to a house fire just before 6:30 am in the 200 block of NE 45th street after a bystander called 911 when they saw flames inside the home. The bystander knocked on the door to alert anyone who may have been inside, but nobody answered. Firefighters arrived in just a few minutes and reported that they saw smoke and fire coming from the single-story house. The home had a basement and fire crews stretched hose lines to the back and front of the house to extinguish the fire observed in the basement and the main floor. Firefighters noticed that there was a hole on the first floor of the house and that the stairs leading down to the basement had collapsed. These are dangerous conditions and places anyone inside of the home in extreme risk, so a decision was made for firefighters to exit the building to transition from an offensive fire strategy to a defensive strategy. A defensive strategy means that firefighters continue to extinguish the fire while operating from the outside to reduce risks when dangerous conditions are present.
Nobody was home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries reported. The fire was under control within 45 minutes. 10 units and a total of about 23 firefighters were on scene including mutliple units from CFFD 6.
Building Fire In East Vancouver (Photo)
-03/27/25
At approx. 4pm on Wednesday Vancouver fire was dispatched to a fire in a commercial building located at 15606 Mill Plain in East Vancouver. Multiple 911 callers reported flames coming from the roof. The first fire engine arrived within 4 minutes and found smoke and fire showing from the roof of a 1 story commercial building and a fire located inside the kitchen. Initial arriving fire crews pulled hose lines inside the building to fight the fire, prevent further fire spread, and search for people inside. A Vancouver Fire ladder truck worked on the roof of the building to ensure no fire spread through the attic and provide ventilation to exhaust the smoke from inside the building. The fire was quickly controlled in the kitchen and was declared under control in less than 20 minutes. The fire is being investigated by the Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office. 11 units responded to this fire.
Car Crashes Into West Vancouver Building (Photo)
-03/11/25
At 1:32 this afternoon 4 units were dispatched for a vehicle into a building at 3303 NE Minnehaha St in Vancouver. The first unit to arrive was a Vancouver battalion chief, he found that the occupant had already exited the vehicle and was uninjured, at that point the priorities were to ensure there was no structural instability and to isolate any natural gas and electricity to the effected unit. The unit involved had no one inside at the time of the accident. The incident is under investigation by Vancouver Police Department
Travel Trailer Fire In Vista Del Rio Neighborhood (Photo)
-03/03/25
At 1:49 PM today (3/3/2025) Vancouver Fire was dispatched to the report of a vehicle fire at 17401 SE 39th St. in Vancouver, WA in the Vista Del Rio neighborhood. The first fire engine arrived just six minutes later to find a travel trailer fully engulfed in fire. Crews aggressively fought the fire and extinguished it before the flames spread to nearby houses. One citizen was badly burned from the fire and was treated medically on scene by fire department Paramedics before being transported to the burn unit at Legacy Emanual hospital. No firefighters were injured, and the Vancouver Fire Marshals office was on scene to investigate.
