RCMP investigating "related" home and vehicle blazes RCMP deem Lions Bay house and vehicle fires related and suspicious, looking for witnesses. Sea to Sky RCMP are linking the fires at a home in Lions Bay and a car on the Sea to Sky Highway in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday morning. In a statement earlier today, police said the RCMP (Squamish Detachment) were called just after 4 a.m. on July 19 to attend a fully-engulfed house fire on Kelvin Grove Way. Shortly afterwards, the p

Structure and Car Blazes Both Under Investigation Lions Bay and West Vancouver firefighters battle the Sunday morning blaze at 100 Kelvin Grove Way. Photo by Wally Senyk. There are no definitive answers yet as to the cause of the early morning fire that gutted a home at 100 Kelvin Grove Way on Sunday. Lions Bay Fire Chief Lorenzo De Arcangelis released the following statement this morning: "At approximately 4:10 a.m. on July 19, 2026, Lions Bay Fire Rescue (LBFR) responded to

Home believed to be vacant; LBFR on scene West Vancouver Fire Rescue sprays water from ladder truck above blazing home. Photo by Wally Senyk. 11 a.m. Update: Emergency Program Coordinator Mary Brown reports that fire crews have successfully doused the fire. "Everyone involved has been accounted for and taken care of." Residents of the home were reported to be away, and Brown confimed there were no people or animals in the house during the fire. She said that Emergency Social

A bit of history on the house destroyed by fire 239 Bayview Road in the 1970s. In 1976, Horst Stegemann built a house above where the school would be located on Bayview Road, and the family lived there for ten years. Horst's daughter Natasha Stegemann, who says she is gutted by the news of the fire, remembers the house fondly. "I remember my parents building the house. They were so young and vibrant, and they put in an extra floor because they thought I would like it," she sa

Lessons learned and shared View of the house fire from Douglas Miller's deck, 5 a.m., October 13, 2025 Thanksgiving Monday is now deeply etched in my memory. I awoke to shouts coming from somewhere nearby. The flickering orange light on my bedroom ceiling had me jump out of bed and peering out the window in disbelief. Our neighbour’s house was ablaze. A quick call to 911. Shouts to awaken Norma. The immediate assumption was the fire would be quickly spreading to the trees

Former Fire Chief reflects on devastating house fire Yesterday's housefire that destroyed the Bayview Road home of long-time resident Morey Darvazehban began in the middle of the night. While watching the news on television sometime in the early hours, Darvazehban heard a loud bang, and went to the window to find one wall of his house on fire. The house was roofed and sided in cedar, and Darvazehban said that once it started burning it "just went up like a candle". Without ti

Road blocked by trucks and hoses 5:00 p.m. update: Alertable has cancelled the Fire Alert for Bayview Road, which has fully reopened. Neighbours reported the demolition of the burned home is completed, and LBFR has left the scene. More information on the fire and an statement with former Fire Chief Barret Germscheid will be forthcoming. 10:30 a.m. update: Public Works Director of Operations Karl Buhr reports that the water system was sufficient for fire-fighting needs this mo