1 person dies from injuries following Duncan, B.C. apartment fire
One person has died after an apartment fire in Duncan, B.C. on Thursday afternoon sent eight people to hospital with injuries.
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Posted: Dec 31, 2020 5:10 PM PT | Last Updated: January 1
Flames and smoke can be seen pouring out of the upper floor of a Duncan apartment building on Thursday, Dec. 31. Eight people were taken to hospital. One person who was in critical condition was pronounced dead on New Year s Day.(CHEK)
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.
The B.C. Coroners Service is leading the investigation into a Christmas morning death in a house fire on Grieve Road in Duncan. Limited information was available Tuesday. “As this is now an . . .
RCMP Provides Winter Driving Tips
SHARE ON: Snowy road. (Kyle Christensen, MyCowichanValleyNow.com staff).
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the snow-covered roads are wreaking havoc with drivers.
Constable Carlie McCann with the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP said you can do several things to drive safe.
“Make sure you’re driving safely and smoothly, brake slowly before making a turn, and make sure that you’re paying attention to the conditions around you, give yourself lots of space when you’re following other cars, tailgating is dangerous (even in good conditions), and when the roads are wet and slippery you’ll need more time to stop. Don’t use cruise control if the roads are icy and wet, it can be more difficult to get control of the vehicle if you start to hydroplane,” McCann said.