03-06-2025
1 dead after fire on Denman Island, B.C.
One person is dead after an early morning fire on one of B.C.'s northern Gulf Islands.
Firefighters were called to a rural property on Thomas Road on Denman Island at around 3 a.m.
Denman Island Fire Rescue says 22 firefighters responded to the structure fire, dousing the flames with 19,000 litres of water from two pumper trucks and three tankers.
'Sadly, a single individual perished in the fire,' the department said in a statement posted on social media. 'No firefighters were hurt or injured.'
The Comox Valley RCMP, which has jurisdiction over the island, did not immediately answer questions about whether police were investigating the fire or the death.
The fire department said it 'extends its sincere condolences to all those touched by this loss.'
