At least seven Burnaby fire engines are on the scene at 5560 Inman Ave. this afternoon fighting a fire that broke out in a fourth-floor suite of a highrise near the corner of Thurston Street.
Burnaby NOW photographer Larry Wright is at the scene of the fire and said firefighters were still knocking on doors in the building to alert residents about the fire at 3 p.m.
According to preliminary eyewitness reports, the suite was fully engulfed and paramedics have been bringing people out of the building to be treated for smoke inhalation.
Traffic in the area, which is just north of Central Park, is snarled and police are directing traffic.
The Burnaby NOW will have more details on this developing story.
