A tower crane came crashing down across a street and onto a home in Vancouver on Tuesday evening after a major fire broke out on the building it was working on.
The incident occurred in the Dunbar area of the city, when the six storey timber frame residential building that the crane was working on caught fire and turned into a major blaze. When the fire reached its peak it had done enough damage to compromise the crane’s foundation and it collapsed, with the top landing on a home on the other side of the street. IN total 81 people were evacuated from their homes, with some yet to return.
A couple of firefighters suffered minor injuries, otherwise miraculously no one was hurt in the incident. The whole thing was captured on video which you can see below.
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services stated that the fire and the circumstances that led to the crane collapsing remain under investigation. It also said that the building was a write off and will be demolished. The developer is Sightline Properties., the crane was supplied by local tower crane rental company Coupal.
We have received numerous photographs, which we appreciate, but the majority of them are poor, the two videos below provide a better view of the scene and the incident.
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