Burnaby firefighters were kept busy over the last 24 hours, dealing with two blazes in the city.
Early Thursday afternoon, the Burnaby Fire Department responded to a fire at a highrise building in the 7200-block of Mary Avenue. The fire took place in an old garbage chute of the building and was put out quickly by fire crews.
"The smoke went up the chute like a chimney and filled the building with smoke," said Assistant Fire Chief Scott Wren. "We were there probably for a couple hours cleaning up the smoke, but there was no damage to the building and nobody injured.
"There was a second alarm on that initially because of the smoke, but once we figured out what was going on, we got downgraded. It was very minor, actually."
Then, around 4 a.m. Friday, the fire department responded to a fire at an apartment building at 5712 Irmin St., which caused smoke damage to one unit.
"It was contained to a single unit - it was a kitchen fire," said Wren. "There was quite a bit of damage to the one suite.
"They were lucky to contain that to the one suite. The guys knocked it down really quick."
Wren said the woman who lived in the unit is being looked after by emergency support staff.
