All that was left of a downtown Langley restaurant Sunday was a pile of rubble behind a blue fence, after a massive fire tore through it the morning before.
After the flames were extinguished, crews moved in to demolish the old building—which partially collapsed during the fire—on the Fraser Highway one-way that housed Viva Mexico restaurant.
No one was hurt in the blaze, according to the Downtown Langley Business Association, which said other shops in the area could be facing smoke and water damage.
Bob Foster, owner of Krazy Bob’s Music Emporium across the street from Viva Mexico, recalled waking up to the smell of smoke around 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
“Waking up to smoke smelling in your shop is not a good feeling,” he told CTV News Sunday.
He grabbed his dog and went outside to see what was going on.
“There were flames on the other side and then …