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Early morning fire in North Cowichan results in no injuries 

No injuries were reported after North Cowichan Fire responded to a house fire on Alexander Street.  

Deputy Fire Chief Chris Jancowski says the blaze happened around 2 a.m. and even though they know where it started, an investigation is still underway.  

“It appears to have started outside of the house but that’ll be confirmed today,” says Jancowski, stating “the home was occupied, but there were no injuries to the occupants or the fire crew.” 

He says thanks to the responding crews the fire was extinguished quickly.  

Justin Baumgardner
Justin Baumgardner
Justin Baumgardner is a local reporter in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, and is based in Duncan. He has worked in radio for over three years, with all of them in British Columbia.He was previously at 91.7 Coast FM in Nanaimo and also has shows on 95.7 Coast FM, and the weekend show on 89.7 Sun FM.When he is not on the air, he can be found travelling the island and enjoying everything that beautiful British Columbia has to offer.

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