One person is dead and another injured after a fire on Ian Ave near Johnston early this morning.
Port Alberni Fire Chief Mike Owens said a man in his 60’s was pulled from the fire by an upstairs tenant in the house along with passers by.
“There was an individual living upstairs who heard reports of a fire downstairs, came down and with the assistance of some passers by was able to extricate the gentleman who was living downstairs,” he said. “Crews arrived on scene and began CPR on that gentleman, but unfortunately that individual did not make it.”
Crews from the surrounding volunteer departments joined Port Alberni firefighters in battling the blaze.
The fire is under investigation but police say there is no criminality suspected.
Owens said this is the first person to die of fire in Port Alberni in more than 5 years.
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