Vancouver fire: Man rescued from 5th storey window [Video]

A man was rescued from outside a fifth storey window of a single-room occupancy building in Vancouver Wednesday morning after emergency crews were called about a fire.

Capt. Matthew Trudeau, public information officer for Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, told CTV News its crews were called at 7:40 a.m. about a fire on Granville Street near Nelson Street.

When crews arrived, they saw heavy fire and smoke coming from the back of the building.

“Crews did go to the back and found a person from the fifth storey window needing imminent rescue so crews did bring a ladder at the back, extend it up to him and was able to rescue an individual in distress from that window,” Trudeau said, adding it was “obviously a very challenging scene for that individual.”

Trudeau said there was heavy smoke coming from the window that the man was hanging out of.

The man was …