A historic outdoor amphitheatre in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood was heavily damaged by a fire just after midnight Saturday, according to officials.
The Kitsilano Showboat was built in the early 1950s and has hosted concerts every summer, with the upcoming season set to be its 88th.
Fire crews say they responded to the fire just after midnight Saturday, at 12:08 a.m. As of 12 p.m. Saturday, a cause for the blaze has not yet been determined.
Keith Stewart, assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, told CBC News that 26 firefighters responded to the fire early Saturday morning.
“There’s a lot of water damage and there’s heavy fire damage to this unit, to
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