VANCOUVER --
An online fundraiser has been launched to support a New Westminster restaurant destroyed in a fire over the long weekend.
The fire broke out shortly after 3 a.m. Monday at a building on Columbia Street that houses the Heritage Grill, Pho Pho You, Happy Buddha Tattoo and other businesses.
"At some point earlier in the day we were hopeful that the fire had been somewhat brought under control and that something might be salvageable. Sadly throughout the day, events took a turn for the worse," a Facebook post from the Heritage Grill says.
"We would have been celebrating our 16-year anniversary in just four days. Now there is nothing left."