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House fire displaces several in Vancouver's West End

Fire crews were kept busy overnight during a three-alarm blaze at a house in the downtown Vancouver area.

House is over 100 years old, according to BC Assessment

The three-alarm blaze became an overnight battle for fire crews on Broughton Street. (Susana Da Silva/CBC)

Several people have been displacedafter a three-alarm fire at a house in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood.

The fire broke out around 8 p.m. Saturday and kept crews busy overnight.

Vancouver Fire said as many as 7 people may have been living in the house on Broughton Street near Pendrell Street, but only two were home at the time.

One of residents was taken to hospital with minor injuries, butthe other refused.

Officials initially had trouble tracking the other residents down, but all were accounted for by 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Crews had to rescue one person from a basement suite, before the fire worked its way into the roof. (Susana Da Silva/CBC)

According to BC Assessment, the house was built in 1901.

Battalion Chief Steve Duncan said the construction materials used for the home helped the fire spread quickly.

"The fire just travels right up and into the roof," he said.

"Crews went in the basement and went in the main floor the fire crept up and over top of us. We pulled them out and went defensive."

Duncan said it was too early to know how the firestarted.

The fire broke out around 8 p.m. Saturday and kept crews busy overnight. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)