Fire along Island Hwy. destroys Parksville business
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PARKSVILLE — No injuries, but considerable damage was sustained to a local business early Monday morning.
Shortly before 6 a.m. on Monday, March 10, Parksville Fire Rescue crews were called to a business in the 200 block of the Island Hwy. East, between Corfield St. and Weld St., after smoke and flames were seen from the ground floor of a building.
Assistant fire chief Mike Tisdale told NanaimoNewsNOW four engines and 23 firefighters arrived on scene and found the fire had spread throughout the single-storey building and up into the roof.
“Our aerial truck worked the rear of the structure, and with the fire being in the truss space, it was difficult as we found multiple roofs in the structure. So there was a T-bar and some drywall [and] plywood up on the ceiling, so it made it a little difficult for the crews to access right away.”
