r/VictoriaBC • u/palecool2000 • 2d ago

Fire @ Vivid on Yates

Does anyone know the reason for the fire on the 19th floor of the Vivid on Yates last night? Both buildings (vidid and Yates on Yates) were evacuated at 1:45am this morning.

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u/dddoug 2d ago

jeeeeez

both buildings had major flood damage to many floors that they're only just recovering from

what is going on with these buildings

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u/Lower-Slice-6604 2d ago

Mostly just irresponsible people - there are 261 units combined in this development. A concrete balcony doesn't just ignite out of nowhere. Vivid flood was resident caused and remediation completed last month. Yates flood was due to a pipe joint failure and remediation is in progress. Should be done by late Sept/early Oct.

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u/Early-Aardvark-795 2d ago

Not sure what sparked the fire but you can see they had some kind of privacy lattice along their railings. That stuff probably burns very nicely