Is it just me, or has there been lot of fires lately??…glad everyone got out safely, our thoughts are with all affected.

Hopefully the landlord or their insurance company puts security measures in place to protect the unoccupied apartments from the lowlifes that broke in and robbed the apartment on 10th after the fire there.

With PG low rental availability good luck on finding another place to live.

I wonder if it being a wood building had much of a factor in the fire?

Building high density housing out of something that is FLAMABLE . Shear genius ! No ? The three little pigs survived because they did not settle for a house made of sticks . Duh.

Wood or Concrete, There is enough combustables in a living space it will cause significant damage. Look at the Victoria Towers on 20th.

Steel is the worst. Once the steel hits a critical temperature it turns to speghetti. While a glue Lam will burn for hours before it fails.

Fire just is not good for anything.

Hmmm, burnt out buildings, home owners being over taxed…. we will soon become the Detroit of the North.

This is a surprise. I had considered moving into there recently when I sold my house, but it didn’t have enough storage space for my needs. Its a very nice building, one of the only decent ones in town. I think its the newest building in town and the only building that has a full sprinkler system and 6″ fire barriers between each unit… it was a huge selling point. Plus they do not allow BBQ’s in that building, so should have been no risk from BBQ fire.

It will be interesting to hear the cause of this fire and how it was able to spread so extensively. I bet had this building not had an internal sprinkler system and up to date firewall standards it could have been far worse.

Was there no sprinklers installed in those units??? Being multi family use, one would think it is a necessity

I heard on the radio that the sprinklers were not working…not one came on!

When I looked into the place that was the big selling pitch. I was told that each unit had its own independent sprinkler system that would target a fire to the specific room. Was also told they had 6″ wall, with a 6″ or a foot fire barrier, and then another 6″ wall, so virtually sound proof and fire proof.

The units are all very high end with hard wood flooring, stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, and underground secure parking.

No chance at all any of them will find a similar quality unit in town. They just do not exist in this town. It was one of the only buildings in town that was modern.

With vacancy rates at nearly nothing available, they will likely be looking at a big downgrade or moving to another town that does have vacancies to maintain their standard of living.

PG can count on no growth, so long as there is no available rentals in town. CNC, UNBC accommodations will get squeezed out by year round workers and they will likely see a hit on enrollments as well.

6 inches of what? 2×4 staggered on 2×6 sill and tip plates with insulation woven in between plus 5/8″ gypsum board both sides on resilient clips. Good sound barrier, but not a great fire barrier. Has a one hour rating in a controlled ULC test but that is not real life.

Real life is what you see in the pictures. No fires separations taken up into the attic space. Attic space is probably one of the main causes of fires spread from one part of a house or one apartment to another. One would never see that in buildings built in Europe, for instance. Attic spaces belong to units below the spaces and, as such, are properly separated from the adjacent units.

Notice also that the fire started in the top unit, did not spread along the front or east face of the building, but extended considerably on the west face of the building. A picture from the back would show the actual extent of the fire damage.

I am wondering about the effectiveness of residential sprinkler systems. By the reports, this building had one. Due to maintenance requirements, similar to home smoke detectors, I never thought they would be as effective as commercial systems. Maybe someone will eventually report out on that. I would love to see the insurance adjustor’s reports on this fire because. just looking at what I can see, I think there are many things we can learn from it.

So sad for the families/residents. Instead of criticism how about helping your fellow P.G.er’s. Wish I was there to help them. Geve it a try, you might like it.

if anyone who has been affected by this fire needs any help with getting items to help replace what you lost please check out https://www.facebook.com/groups/1417544925175163

Most of us help in our own way, Sophie. Some are good at one way of helping, others are good at other ways.

Probably very few of us help at all times. In fact, very few could afford to do that unless they were independently wealthy and did not have to work to support themselves.

In addition, what some may see as criticism, other see as helping with some knowledge or skills they have. In this case I am trying to point out some of the possible ways of creating a safer place for people to live and keep their personal possessions.

So here I go again.

Thank you for your link Desistep07.

I makes sense to promote the link in as many places as possible.

By getting to those who see that link you have:

1. accessed those who use a computer, tablet, and/or smart phone

2. plus those who go to this site and read this report.

3. plus those who have a login name to facebook.

If anyone of those conditions does not exist, the audience for the message has been limited

In my case, I meet conditions 1 and 2. However, I do not use Facebook, thus, because the link is to a site which is only accessible to someone with a facebook account, I do not get to see how to get items to help. One would have to link to an open facebook page.

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So Sophie, is that a helpful criticism or not?