Firefighters responded to Vancouver’s False Creek Thursday evening where three vessels caught fire, leaving one man hospitalized with severe burns.
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services dispatched two fireboats and a ladder truck to the scene at around 5 p.m.
Assistant Fire Chief Ken Gemmill said the blaze had engulfed two large vessels and a small pleasure craft.
“Heavy smoke and flames came from the two bigger vessels, a 40-foot sail boat and a 35-foot pleasure craft,” he said.
WATCH | Boat catches fire on Vancouver’s False Creek: Vancouver firefighters work to extinguish blaze on boat in False Creek2 hours ago
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Vancouver fire crews were called to False Creek on Thursday evening to put out a fire that broke
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