More than 70 people displaced after apartment fire in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant (VIDEO)

More than 70 people have been displaced after a fire broke out at an apartment building in Mount Pleasant on Thursday.

Vancouver Fire Rescue has provided more information on Friday afternoon after the fire at 414 East 10th Avenue and says, “One firefighter was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and a number of other firefighters were treated by BCEHS on scene and monitored for heat exhaustion. The fire was upgraded to a three alarm fire consisting of 31 apparatus and 70 plus firefighters on scene.”

According to the release, firefighters — who were called because of reports of smoke on the third floor — encountered heavy smoke conditions and immediately began rescuing occupants at the rear of the building from third floor balconies.

While they tried to attack the fire from inside, the “intense heat and deteriorating conditions” pushed them back and they continued the fight from outside.

None of the occupants was hurt and no one is unaccounted for.

Just before 9 pm on Thursday, Chief Karen Fry posted on Twitter that crews were responding to the structure fire at 414 East 10th Avenue.

A fire broke out on Thursday night at an apartment building in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant. @DailyHiveVan pic.twitter.com/sCZuQgZWOh

— Amanda Wawryk (@AmandaWawryk) July 28, 2023

Serious fire in East Vancouver tonight, just a few blocks east of Broadway and Kingsway. We’ve lost power in our building now noticing a few others have too. pic.twitter.com/m908mlSgcR

— TheresaGray (@MissTGray2019) July 28, 2023

Aftermath of the apartment fire in Mount Pleasant. It was a 3rd alarm fire and several of the suites look severely damaged. @DailyHiveVan pic.twitter.com/ff2uVy0dBY

— Amanda Wawryk (@AmandaWawryk) July 28, 2023

This fire also caused a number of power outages for customers in the area. According to BC Hydro, more than one thousand customers were without electricity this morning.

BC Hydro

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