One person dead in Coquitlam, B.C. house fire
One person is dead after a fire at a home in the 600 block of Gatensbury Street in Coquitlam, B.C. on Saturday morning.
Firefighters say the fire was reported around 8 a.m. PT and when they arrived smoke and flames were billowing out of a basement window of the house.
Rod Gill, the deputy fire chief in Coquitlam, said his crews quickly determined that one person, who lived in the residence, was missing.
"It was the homeowner," he said. "There was two people home at the time of the fire and and one of them, they did make it out. They were taken to the hospital for observation and the other person, ... is deceased."
Firefighters are investigating the cause of the fire. RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are also involved.
No smoke alarms
Gill says the home, a wood-framed structure, built in the 1960s, did not have working smoke detectors.
"So you know that's unfortunate, you know smoke detectors do save lives," he said.
