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High-rise kitchen fire sends two to hospital

A kitchen fire on the 23rd floor of a Burnaby high-rise at 2232 Douglas Rd. sent two people to hospital with smoke inhalation. Fire fighters were called to the scene in the Brentwood area just after 11 a.m.
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A kitchen fire in the Brentwood area was largely put out by sprinklers before Burnaby fire fighters arrived.

A kitchen fire on the 23rd floor of a Burnaby high-rise at 2232 Douglas Rd. sent two people to hospital with smoke inhalation.

Fire fighters were called to the scene in the Brentwood area just after 11 a.m. on Saturday after a member of the building’s strata council called to report the smoke.  

When Burnaby fire fighters arrived, the sprinkler had activated and put out most of the fire, explained assistant fire chief Barry Mawhinney.

There was some water damage to neighbouring suites, he added.

“The sprinklers did their job and put the fire out,” Mawhinney said, adding that although people complain about water damage, “the water can be cleaned up easier than the fire and the smoke – if the sprinkler isn’t there and doesn’t put out the fire before we get there, it turns into a lot larger incident.”