One man dead after house fire in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:14:24 +0000

A 55-year-old man died after a fire tore through a Kitsilano home Sunday night in Vancouver.

Vancouver Fire and Rescue says crews responded to a home in the 2000-block of West 10th Avenue just after 8 p.m., for a report of a structure fire.

Inside the building, firefighters found a mobility impaired man with burns to his body. He was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.

Fire investigators have determined smokers’ material caused the fire.

The department says smoking-related fires continue to be the leading cause of fire fatalities in Vancouver.

This was Vancouver’s first fire fatality of 2020.