One person died after an apartment fire in Duncan that had people jumping from windows, at least one person rescued by fire department ladder, and caused dozens to be displaced.The person who died . . .
One person has died after an apartment fire in Duncan on Thursday that saw eight people taken to hospital. The B.C. Coroners Service said it has been notified of one death relating to the fire . . .
Paramedics treated several people outside the Lewis Street apartment building, before taking six patients in stable condition and one patient in serious condition to hospital by ground ambulance. Another person in critical condition was taken by air ambulance to a hospital where they could receive a higher level of care, said a spokesperson for B.C. Emergency Health Services. The call came in at 12:55 for an apartment fire on Lewis Street, which stretches one block from Howard Road to York Avenue in Duncan. Video sent to media outlets and posted online shows flames shooting out the window of a top floor unit and black smoke pouring out of an adjacent window. Fire crews were shooting water through the top-floor units and at least one person was escorted from a top floor unit via a fire ladder.