Two families are out of their homes after a fire in East Vancouver Tuesday morning. @VanFireRescue pic.twitter.com/MUxqG15w7k —@gpsmendozaWilliam Dennis lives on the bottom floor of the home and scrambled to wake his three siblings up when he smelled burning plastic. "I was just sleeping with all my little brothers and sisters and smelled the smoke coming inside the house and started panicking and got everyone out instantly," he said. William Dennis lived in the basement of the damaged house for six months. Firefighters were working to contain the flames by 7 a.m. (GP Mendoza/CBC)Read more from CBC British Columbia

Source: CBC News October 16, 2018 14:26 UTC