Firefighters in Vancouver are investigating after a fire at a construction site in the Oakridge area sent a tower of black smoke into the skies on Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters responded around 3:30 p.m. to multiple reports of black smoke and flames at the site off West 41st Avenue and Cambie Street where multiple high-rises are under construction.
Ken Gemmill, assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, told CBC News that about 40 crew in nine fire trucks quickly extinguished the blaze.
No one was injured in the fire.
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Gemmill said the fire appeared to originate from a courtyard atop a parkade.
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