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Big blaze destroys store

UPDATE: 8:40 a.m.

The furniture store fire broke out at about 2 a.m. Friday morning and was possibly started by a fire that began in a truck parked behind the building. 

Firefighters said there was no way to save the building by the time they arrived on scene, and they could only focus on keeping it from spreading to nearby businesses. 

No one was hurt in the blaze. 


ORIGINAL: 6 a.m.

Fire destroyed a furniture store in Burnaby overnight.

The massive blaze gutted QIC New and Used Furniture at 5549 Imperial St., in the Metrotown area.

Burnaby firefighters were fighting the massive blaze, which appears to have broken out early this morning.

It's not known what caused the two-alarm fire, or if anyone has been hurt in the blaze.

Flames were shooting high into the air as of 3 a.m.

- With files from CTV Vancouver



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