BREAKING: Apartment fire breaks out downtown Chilliwack

An apartment building went up in flames in downtown Chilliwack on the evening of Aug. 5.The blaze happened around 7:45 p.m. at the four-storey building on Spadina Avenue at Mary Street.
Flames and heavy smoke were coming from the building and hundreds of people were outside on the street watching as flames crept up the sides.
Traffic was closed in all directions as crews with the Chilliwack Fire Department battled the blaze, which was at the rear of the building, using aerial hoses (ladder truck