Members of the Williams Lake Fire Department were on scene of an early morning structure fire in the City’s downtown.
Deputy Fire Chief Cory Boyd said on Sunday (June 8) they were dispatched to the incident behind the Hamilton Hotel at 12:11 am.
“When our first Duty Officer arrived they observed a portion of that building was fully involved. Our first responding fire apparatus was able to protect the exposures to make sure that it didn’t spread into the hotel. While we got the hotel evacuated we started setting up.”
Boyd said the aerial ladder was brought in and did most of the work extinguishing the fire.
“Our members kept working for most of the morning. We had our Engines and most of our firefighters clear the scene between 4 and 4:30 am. Then our aerial stayed on with a small crew to ensure it was out and to put out any hot spots and they cleared the scene just after 6 am.”
Boyd said nobody was hurt on scene and the cause of the fire continues to be under investigation.
The Williams Lake Fire Department responded with two fire engines, one aerial and two of their duty trucks along with 16 firefighters all working on scene.
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