Updated: A fire in a building in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood has been upgraded to a fourth-alarm blaze, with more crews called in to help.
The fire was upgraded to a fourth-alarm blaze around noon as more crews were called in and smoke continued to fill the skies around downtown Vancouver.
Arliss Renwick, an architect who works out of a building on Abbott Street, was first alerted to the fire through the presence of smoke.Article content Olena Krevenets, a Ukrainian woman living in Vancouver, said she was shocked to see fire break out while she was taking a walk with her husband. Claire Niebergal, a tenant in a building across the street, smelled the fire before she saw the force of its flames.
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