{"id":861151,"date":"2026-08-17T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861151\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:20:08","slug":"fire-in-port-coquitlam-destroys-two-homes-one-firefighter-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/861151\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire in Port Coquitlam destroys two homes, one firefighter hospitalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire destroys two homes<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press &#8211; Aug 16, 2026 \/ 8:00 pm | Story: 628229<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"A fire in Port Coquitlam has destroyed two homes.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eo4jyfks3rgz5it5gdpdbm6giq._p4297951.jpg\" style=\"height:362px; width:640px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: CTV News Vancouver<\/p>\n<p>A fire in Port Coquitlam has destroyed two homes.<\/p>\n<p>A fire in Port Coquitlam, B.C., has destroyed two homes and sent one firefighter to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Marshall, deputy fire chief with the Port Coquitlam Fire Department, says officers received reports before 10 a.m. on Sunday about a structure fire in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall says crews found two homes were engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>He says one of the firefighters was taken to hospital due to smoke inhalation and heat, but was later discharged.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall says one of the residents was treated by paramedics at the scene for burns, but their condition wasn&#8217;t serious.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 12 people have been displaced, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire destroys two homes The Canadian Press &#8211; Aug 16, 2026 \/ 8:00 pm | Story: 628229 Photo:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-861151","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\/861151","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=861151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}