BC Inquest Sees Videos From Inside Burning Winters Hotel on Day of Fatal Fire

BC Inquest Sees Videos From Inside Burning Winters Hotel on Day of Fatal Fire
A firefighter sprays water on debris during demolition of the Winters Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., on April 22, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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A coroner’s inquest into the deadly Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver has seen video footage of the blaze from inside the rooming facility, showing heavy smoke billowing from a unit, then flames a few minutes later.

Jesse Smith shot the two videos on the day the fire reduced the structure to a shell on April 11, 2022, killing tenants Mary Ann Garlow and Dennis Guay.