Large fire breaks out in Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Park
![Fire Fire crews were busy Tuesday evening after a large blaze broke out in Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Park (Shelley Moore / CTV News Vancouver).](/content/dam/ctvnews/en/images/2022/1/4/fire-1-5728088-1659550130710.jpg)
Fire crews were busy Tuesday evening after a large blaze broke out in Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Park.
The fire started in a work crew's outbuilding near the pitch and putt area.
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services told CTV News Vancouver that as of 7 p.m., the flames had been extinguished but firefighters were still working to put out any hot spots.
Mike Sereda, acting assistant chief, told reporters crews had to battle smoke and flames when they arrived and also needed to break through a locked chain-link fence.
Weather was also an obstacle.
"We got a lot of challenges, obviously the snow, slippery conditions," Sereda said Tuesday.
As well, crews were monitoring large propane tanks that were at the site and they had to use a hydrant that Sereda said was "quite a ways away" from the scene.
"It'll be a big clean up," he said. "There will be lots of water."
The cause of the fire is not yet known and no injuries have been reported.
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