A fire that damaged a home in Port Moody’s Pleasantside neighbourhood Saturday night could have been a lot worse.
Newly-installed fire chief Darcey O’Riordan, who officially took the reins of Port Moody Fire Rescue last Thursday, said firefighters soaked down trees surrounding the home on Darney Bay at April Road to prevent the blaze from spreading further to other homes or nearby woods.
O’Riordan said a total of 19 firefighters — 11 of them called in from off-duty — managed to knock down most of the fire in about 10 minutes but then spent another hour trying to extinguish it fully after it had travelled into an attic space. He added the home’s lone occupant got out safely and there was no injuries.
O’Riordan said the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
