Ten years before a Mount Pleasant apartment blaze, a Burnaby building with the same owner was destroyed by flames. Now both properties are vacant.

Written by Jen St. Denis, reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/11/Towards-Empty-Lot-Three-Apartment-Fires-One-Landlord/

Ten years before a Mount Pleasant apartment blaze, a Burnaby building with the same owner was destroyed by flames. Now both properties are vacant. Written by Jen St. Denis, reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/11/Towards-Empty-Lot-Three-Apartment-Fires-One-Landlord/

Towards an Empty Lot: Three Apartment Fires, One Landlord

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