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A Vancouver restaurant fire spread to an apartment Sunday afternoon – B.C

A Vancouver restaurant in the Mount Pleasant area had a kitchen fire Sunday afternoon.

Vancouver firefighters responded quickly, but the fire spread to an apartment block above the Nirvana restaurant, the Vancouver Fire Department said.

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“The fire grew quickly, but crews made a fire attack and put it out,” said Dan Nichols, Vancouver Fire Rescue Battalion Chief.

“The fire is contained and extinguished, crews are now mopping up.”

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More than 38 firefighters responded to the call at 12:15 p.m.

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No one was injured in the flames.

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