Investigators are sifting through the damage after a fire at a commercial building in Parksville, B.C.
On arrival, fire crews found flames in the back of the building on the second floor, according to Parksville fire Chief Marc Norris."We had a structural collapse at the rear roof of the building, at which time we withdrew fire crews from the building and worked it from the exterior," Norris said Thursday.
"Because of the roof collapse there'll be pockets of fire burning under those areas so it will be a few hours of mopping up," the fire chief said."We've already started some basic investigation," Norris said. "The RCMP are talking to people in the area and collecting video of the area to see if we can ascertain what the cause of the fire was," he added. "We're not sure if the fire started on the inside or the outside."
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