Port Alberni Fire Department, others respond to structure fire

Port Alberni Fire Department, others respond to structure fire

Officials ask people to avoid area of 3900 block of Anderson Avenue

Detached garage destroyed after fire sends black smoke over Port Alberni

Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that destroyed a detached residential garage in Port Alberni Saturday afternoon. Port Alberni crews say they arrived at the scene in the 3900 block of Anderson Avenue at 3:24 p.m. Saturday, June 7, and put the fire out in about 10 minutes. The fire happened in a residential area, and a photo posted on the fire department’s X account showed a large plume of black smoke spewing from t…