Vancouver General Discussion Thread - Page 70

jollyburger · #**1381** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 6:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

I don't think that's it.
The burnt out window is on the SE corner and the pics of that 21A unit face north.

It seems like 16-23rd floors are two units on each floor. That would be B facing Nicola and I guess it's one floor down (20th floor)

https://bccondos.net/uploads/vancouver36713/021500_alberni_floor_plates_from_vfp.pdf

20B last sold in 2020

https://www.redfin.ca/bc/vancouver/1500-Alberni-St-V6G-1A5/unit-20B/home/155384050

Reddit:

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4 floors were on fire when it finally got knocked down. The fire did NOT start from an explosion. That was after a while. We were on a job site across the road & my coworkers noticed the fire begin & called it in. A small engine was already on site but clearly needed back up. The debris fell often & caught the bushes on fire as well.

Edited to add: fire started in the south bottom window & grew from there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comme...xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

WarrenC12 · #**1382** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 4:02 PM**

I would have guessed drug lab. But something isn't working with the sprinklers if multiple units went up like that.

jollyburger · #**1383** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 4:53 PM**

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Trudeau explains that due to the age of the building, a sprinkler system wasn’t installed above the second floor.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/21/high-rise-fire-downtown-vancouver/

Mandatory Sprinklers in Vancouver Ten Years On

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In Canada, the City of Westmount in suburban Montreal was the only municipality to have mandated sprinkler protection of residential buildings before 1990

http://www.firebusters.com/downloads/Mandatory_Sprinklers_In_Vancouver_10_Years_On.pdf

Changing City · #**1384** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 5:18 PM**

Are drug labs a thing in condos? Yes, they are.

That building will be a tough one to repair as it will be very difficult to match the pink glazing.

WarrenC12 · #**1385** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/21/high-rise-fire-downtown-vancouver/

Mandatory Sprinklers in Vancouver Ten Years On

http://www.firebusters.com/downloads/Mandatory_Sprinklers_In_Vancouver_10_Years_On.pdf

Wow I guess that building is older than it looks. Maybe it got a reclad at some point.

Changing City · #**1386** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Wow I guess that building is older than it looks. Maybe it got a reclad at some point.

It was completed in 1991. I think it's a James K M Cheng design.

jollyburger · #**1387** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Wow I guess that building is older than it looks. Maybe it got a reclad at some point.

Built/completed in 1991 so maybe it was under construction/approved before the rule change.

Two units I saw had electric induction stoves but they seem to have gas fireplaces in the upper story units..

whatnext · #**1388** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Built/completed in 1991 so maybe it was under construction/approved before the rule change.

Two units I saw had electric induction stoves but they seem to have gas fireplaces in the upper story units..

I'm shocked the building was old enough to not require sprinklers! The insurance costs on that strata are going to go through the roof.

Architype · #**1389** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 10:27 PM**

Correction; this is unconfirmed, but word has it that the cause was not from construction, but from an e-scooter battery explosion.

whatnext · #**1390** Posted **Oct 22, 2024, 11:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Architype

Correction; this is unconfirmed, but word has it that the cause was not from construction, but from an e-scooter battery explosion.

Those e-scooters can really be bad news. I'm a bit surprised anybody living in that building would use one.

jollyburger · #**1391** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 12:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Those e-scooters can really be bad news. I'm a bit surprised anybody living in that building would use one.

Stratas are going to start banning e-bikes in units.

NewfBC · #**1392** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Those e-scooters can really be bad news. I'm a bit surprised anybody living in that building would use one.

Probably a 'homemaker' or 'student'.

Ron.

SpongeG · #**1393** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 1:28 AM**

in case you missed seeing it, apparently a car was on fire after being hit by flaming debris

• Video Link

whatnext · #**1394** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 1:37 AM**

Apparently it also ignited other materials on the street. Good thing it happened in rainy October not July.

officedweller · #**1395** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 1:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by NewfBC

Probably a 'homemaker' or 'student'.

Ron.

Apart from the astronaut kid reference, the units are big enough (3 bedrooms?) for a family with a university age kid or could be a shared rental with a few foreign students.

whatnext · #**1396** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 2:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Apart from the astronaut kid reference, the units are big enough (3 bedrooms?) for a family with a university age kid or could be a shared rental with a few foreign students.

My bet would be on the three students or tech workers sharing. Though listings show a claimed rental rate of $6,400 a month! They also show the smaller two beds having maintenance fees of over $1,000 a month! Aging highrises ain’t cheap to maintain an accident like this will skyrocket those costs. I wouldn’t be surprised to see sprinkler-less highrise strata’s become almost uninsurable.

seamusmcduff · #**1397** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 3:52 AM**

Crazy all the assumptions being made here just because it was an e scooter battery. They're getting more and more popular, it could literally be any demographic

WarrenC12 · #**1398** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 3:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Stratas are going to start banning e-bikes in units.

Is anybody really storing their e-bikes in their units? Most stratas ban all bikes from elevators and common lobby areas.

whatnext · #**1399** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by seamusmcduff

Crazy all the assumptions being made here just because it was an e scooter battery. They're getting more and more popular, it could literally be any demographic

Do you really think you'd find many owners of those suites on an e-scooter? As others pointed out, maybe the folks they rent them out to use them. The units aren't cheap (though this may change that and many have been on the market for months). As I said look for insurance costs on this place to skyrocket (as if they haven't already). It makes one wonder about other buildings like the nearby Emerald West built at the same time. They might end up having to retrofit sprinklers at great cost if they want insurance.

Alex Mackinnon · #**1400** Posted **Oct 23, 2024, 4:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Is anybody really storing their e-bikes in their units? Most stratas ban all bikes from elevators and common lobby areas.

The batteries are often removable. Even if the bike is stored, where the battery is being charged is usually the issue unless you manage to pierce or short the battery somehow.