Four homes are damaged and 14 people displaced after a fire broke out in an Aldergrove neighbourhood Saturday morning.
Firefighters were called to the scene on Springfield Drive shortly before 9:30 a.m., according to Asst. Chief Dale Steeple of the Township of Langley Fire Department.
Steeple told CTV News crews heard from dispatch while en route to the blaze that multiple calls had been received. They arrived to find “20-to-25-foot flames” coming from the back of a home on the block.
The call was upgraded to a second alarm, and crews began a defensive attack on the blaze, Steeple said, noting that flames had already spread to a second home in the densely packed neighbourhood.
Those initial two homes suffered significant damage, while a third was partially damaged and a fourth saw its vinyl siding melted on one side, according to Steeple.
The assistant chief said 14 people and their …