What could have been a major fire incident was avoided when tenants awoke to the sound of a fire burning outside their home. A large pile of lumber and brush was burning around and under an old delivery van and only a few feet away from a very large wooden building. Quickly calling 911, the occupants used a garden hose to contain the fire. Firefighters arrived to find a sizeable brush fire (Yes you can get a brush fire at 4:30 in the morning in December when it is raining). Engine 1 was brought in and the fire was quickly controlled, however it took about 30 minutes of overhauling the area to ensure that all the hot spots were out. The cause of the fire appears to have been the use of cutting torch earlier that day that must have produced sparks that ignited some old wood and then smouldered for hours before breaking out. Just goes to show how careful one must be when doing this type of work.
Another alarm for the smell of smoke in a structure at a new home on Steeplechase brought a quick response from Sooke Firefighters. Nothing was found and the likely cause was an unused baseboard heater being turned on for the first time and the dust burning off.
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