An individual admitted to causing the fire while smoking on the mattress
All 57 residents at a Nanaimo supportive-housing facility were displaced by an early-morning Sunday mattress fire that was started by a lit cigarette.
Temporary shelter for displaced residents was found with the help of the City of Nanaimo and Island Health, the society said in a statement on social media. Crews quickly knocked down the fire and the building’s sprinkler system prevented it from spreading further, he said.Displaced residents were initially taken to Bowen Park social centre by bus and have since been relocated elsewhere for housing, he said.The supportive housing facility has smoke damage on the third floor as well as “a lot” of water damage caused by the sprinkler system going off, he said.
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