Firefighters battle blaze in Kincora
Posted Jul 28, 2014 7:50 am.
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A person who went into a burning home to retrieve a personal possession has been injured, following a big fire in the northwest community of Kincora Monday morning.
Two homes were destroyed, and a third was damaged.
The injured person was treated on scene, and then taken to hospital.
Batallion Chief Stu Laird says their first priority was containing the fire.
“To get some water on as quickly as possible. We also used tactical pressurization,” he said. “What we’re doing is pumping a lot of air into those homes, to make sure that the smoke doesn’t get into those other structures.”
The adjacent homeowner Nick Lui says he was awoken to the sound of a neighbour screaming.
“I was in tears, I couldn’t believe it. This home just went up like a matchstick. I couldn’t believe how fast it was,” he said.
Fire officials are reminding citizens in the event of a fire, to immediately evacuate their home, and to never re-enter a structure, once you’ve exited.
They add, fire can double in size every 30 seconds and once a fire alarm goes off, a family has three minutes or less to get out safely.
