{"id":786743,"date":"2026-07-07T20:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786743\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T20:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:04:19","slug":"3-homes-involved-in-large-blaze-in-coquitlams-maillardville-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786743\/","title":{"rendered":"3 homes involved in large blaze in Coquitlam&#8217;s Maillardville area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coquitlam Fire Rescue says it was called to the scene of a large blaze involving three homes in the Maillardville area Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews say they responded to multiple 911 calls shortly after 9 a.m. after reports of heavy black smoke coming from the area of Roderick Avenue near Hart Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrews arrived to find three homes involved in fire, including a duplex, with heavy fire and smoke visible from multiple areas both inside and outside the structures,\u201d Michelle Frilund, director of communications for the City of Coquitlam, told CityNews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirefighters acted quickly to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to neighbouring homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fire investigation team is on site to determine the origin and cause of the blaze, Frilund says.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t clear how many residents have been displaced, but the city says they are being connected with partner agencies to provide them with the necessary supports.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coquitlam Fire Rescue says it was called to the scene of a large blaze involving three homes in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-786743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}