FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 22, 2021

 

Vacant Restaurant Fire

 

At 05:29am this (Friday) morning, 35 firefighters from Chilliwack firehalls 1, 4, 5 and 6 responded to a reported structure fire in the 45000 block of Yale Road. When firefighters arrived, they found a single storey restaurant with smoke coming out of the building’s roof flashing.

Firefighters determined the fire was located in the wall and quickly extinguished it.

The restaurant was vacant. There is significant smoke and some fire and water damage to the structure.

There were no firefighter injuries.

 

This fire was deliberately set and is under investigation by Chilliwack Fire Department and RCMP fire investigators.

If anyone has any information about this fire, they are asked to call the RCMP at 604-792-4611 or anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.upperfraservalleycrimestoppers.ca

 

Filed under: Chilliwack, fire, investigation, Restaurant