Two people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after attempting to contain a kitchen fire in a Burnaby basement suite with a garden hose Monday morning.
Firefighters were called to 4630 Canada Way, near BCIT, at about 11:35 a.m. for reports of a house fire.
They arrived to find smoke coming from the rear of the three-storey building, according to the fire department.
Everyone had been evacuated and two people had already wielded a garden hose at the blaze before firefighters arrived.
“Some people here had gone by, saw the smoke and went in with a garden hose to try to extinguish it,” fire Capt. Thomas Maltman told the NOW.
They were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, while firefighters knocked down what was left of the blaze.
The fire appears to have started in the kitchen of the basement suite, but the cause is still being investigated, Maltman said.
A section of Canada Way near BCIT was blocked off while firefighters dealt with the blaze.
