Late-night house fire in Nanaimo sends 1 person to hospital

One person was taken to hospital and a house left heavily damaged following a late night fire in Nanaimo. Nanaimo Fire Rescue responded to the alarm at about 11 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, in a home on the 2100 block of Dockside Way near Cathers Lake. Stu Kenning, Nanaimo Fire Rescue deputy chief, said crews brought four engines to the scene. “The fire was in the basement and crews contained the fire to the lower level, but it had already burned through the floor,” he said. One person was outside of the house when firefighters arrived and was transported to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for observation, Kenning said. Fire investigators and an engine crew were on standby at the address Monday morning to try to determine the cause of the fire, which caused heavy fire and smoke damage to the interior of house.