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North Langley fire kills senior citizen Police, the B.C. Coroner’s Service, and firefighters are investigating the cause of the blaze.
Firefighters emerged from the wreckage of a mobile home fire that claimed the life of an elderly Walnut Grove resident Friday. Emergency crews tore a hole into the rear of the mobile home. Hours after the fire was put out, smoke could still be seen rising from the destroyed home. (Inset) A ladder was used by personnel to get into and out of the mobile home.
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An elderly woman was the victim of a fire in a Walnut Grove mobile home park Friday morning. Langley Township firefighters were called to a single-wide mobile home near 90th Avenue and 198th Street just before 10 a.m., according to district fire chief Russ Jenkins.
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When the first responders arrived, flames were shooting 15 feet through the centre of the roof, said Jenkins. Firefighters knocked down the fire and managed to keep it contained to just one building. “We have unconfirmed reports of a person inside,” said Jenkins Friday morning. Investigators later entered the structure, and the body was removed Friday afternoon. There were reports that a dog had been killed in the fire. As of 2 p.m. on Friday, fire investigators had not found any animals in the house, but much of the structure had not yet been fully investigated. The cause of the fire was still under investigation through the weekend and
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into this week. “It’s far too early,” to say what the cause was, Jenkins said Friday. However, he and Langley RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Holly Marks said there is no sign that the fire was arson. The B.C. Coroner’s Service was on the scene to take over the investigation of the death, while the fire department will continue searching for the cause of the fire. Residents of the park said that on Wednesday last week, the fire department had been there giving a lecture on fire safety. In 2013, three people lost their lives to fires in Langley, and this is already the second fire fatality of 2014. The most recent tragedy was a fire in January that claimed the life of a toddler in a Glen Valley farmhouse fire. The three fatal fires of 2013 struck in a Langley City apartment building, a City house, and a fourplex in Langley Township.
Liquor theft
‘Seasoned’ criminal assaults store clerk A shoplifting turned into an assault on a Langley liquor store clerk on Wednesday night. by Matthew Claxton mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
A store clerk was pepper sprayed after he tried to catch a shoplifter Wednesday night in Langley City. Just before 10 p.m., a young man walked into a liquor store in the 20800 block of Fraser Highway.
He tried to walk out again with a bottle of vodka, without paying for it. A clerk chased the young man outside, where a second man, waiting for the thief, pepper sprayed the clerk, said Cpl. Holly Marks, spokesperson for the Langley RCMP. The two suspects then escaped while the clerk was in pain. Langley Mounties, the police dog service, and ambulance paramedics all attended. The victim was given medical assistance at the scene and didn’t need to go to the hospital. The dog service was unable to track down the suspects from the point of the attack,
Marks said. The first suspect, who lifted the bottle of vodka from the store, is described as a Caucasian man about 19 years old, skinny, about six feet tall, with short dirty blond hair and acne. He was wearing a black hoodie, black track pants, and a long sleeved white shirt. The second man was dressed in black, including a hoodie and ballcap, and had his face covered, Marks said. Anyone who has information on the identity of the thieves can contact the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200, or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).