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VIDEO: 91原创 City auto dealership fire caused $1 million damage

Vancouver Auto Liquidation Centre had to be demolished
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Damage in the fire that destroyed this 91原创 City car dealership is estimated at $1 million. File photo

The damage in the fire that destroyed the Vancouver Auto Liquidation Centre on the 91原创 Bypass has been estimated at $1 million by the 91原创 City fire department, fire chief Rory Thompson said Monday.

The building in the 20300 block of 91原创 Bypass was demolished after a stolen Super Save Hydro Vac truck of the Vancouver Auto Liquidation Centre around 2:45 a.m. on June 28, driving straight into the front of the building.

Fire crews arrived to find a fire had spread to the building and was quickly spreading.

No one was in the burned vehicle .

The blaze caused the roof to collapse, which shifted the support beams in the building, making it unsafe to enter and unsafe to stay standing.

Police forensic investigators went over the scene before the building was torn down.

No arrests have been made yet.

A car fire just outside the dealership a few nights prior was unrelated, said Thompson.

In that incident, a fire that started in a dashboard inside a vehicle caught the whole car on fire, he said.

The website for the Vancouver Auto Liquidation Centre describes it as 鈥渁 locally owned family business鈥 鈥 and 鈥渢he largest pre-owned dealership, with the most competitive pricing in BC鈥 with an inventory of more than 250 vehicles.

The Better Business Bureau listing for the Vancouver Auto Liquidation Centre shows the company has been in business since 2008.

The business had a BBB rating of 鈥淎.鈥

At around the same time of the 91原创 incident, in Surrey, in the 18500 block of 53 Avenue, setting it on fire.

The pick up truck was also believed to be stolen.

Police aren鈥檛 saying whether the two fires are connected but they do believe the same person owned both businesses that were targeted.

It鈥檚 unknown if an accelerant was used in either fire or what the motivation might have been.

If you have information about these crimes and haven鈥檛 spoken to police call 91原创 RCMP at 604-532-3200.

If you wish to remain anonymous call at 1-800-222-TIPS.



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