Vancouver Fire Captain Had ‘Bad Feeling’ Just Three Days Before Fatal Blaze

Vancouver Fire Captain Had ‘Bad Feeling’ Just Three Days Before Fatal Blaze
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 Vancouver fire captain says he left with “a bad feeling” after responding to a small fire at a downtown rooming hotel, just three days before a catastrophic blaze killed two people, and burned the building down to its brick exterior almost two years ago.

Capt. Kris Zoppa says the sprinkler system was running, but he was bothered by the fact he didn’t hear an alarm when he arrived at the Winters Hotel for the first fire on April 8, 2022.