Survivor of Fatal Downtown Eastside Hotel Fire Files Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit

Survivor of Fatal Downtown Eastside Hotel Fire Files Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit
Debris falls to the ground as demolition resumes on the Winters Hotel after a body was found in the single room occupancy (SRO) building, in Vancouver, B.C., on April 22, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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A woman who survived a fatal fire at a downtown Vancouver hotel that was home to about 80 low-income residents has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the building’s owner, its non-profit operator and the city’s fire department.

Plaintiff Jennifer Hansma joined fellow survivors and members of a local housing advocacy group at a news conference on Tuesday, marking the one-year anniversary of the fire that killed two people and displaced dozens of others.