{"id":7229,"date":"2015-10-25T16:22:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T23:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=7229"},"modified":"2015-10-25T16:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T23:26:37","slug":"saanich-fire-smart-meter-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=7229","title":{"rendered":"Saanich Fire &#8211; Smart Meter Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several people have asked about the\u00a0\u201cmysterious fire\u201d in Saanich early Wed. morning. \u00a0The video seems to indicate a potential involvement with the smart meter. \u00a0At 0.34 you can see the meter base with the missing meter. <strong>Why was the meter missing?<\/strong> The investigation is ongoing. At 1.:12 you can see well the smoke and smudgy soot going up from the smeter to the roof. This is typical of smeter fires, where the fire goes up to the roof and travels from there, very quickly. The firemen said the fire was raging and fully engaged by the time they got there. The talk of possible arson is due to the fact that the fire started on the outside of the home. I will be investigating but it will take months to get reports, and since the meter is gone, it is highly unlikely any info. about its possible involvement will not be addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheknews.ca\/fire-saanich-house-overnight-119909\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cheknews.ca\/fire-saanich-house-overnight-119909\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7230\" alt=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2.jpg 2874w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2-1024x581.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7231\" alt=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3.jpg\" width=\"622\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3.jpg 2877w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3-1024x583.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7233\" alt=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1.jpg\" width=\"617\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1.jpg 2859w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1-1024x587.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7232\" alt=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/4.jpg\" width=\"714\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/4.jpg 2481w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/4-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/4-1024x549.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 itemprop=\"name\">Arson investigation launched after fire guts Saanich home<\/h1>\n<div>Posted By:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheknews.ca\/author\/rgermain\/\">Rob Germain<\/a>on:\u00a0<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-10-21T17:58:09+00:00\">October 21, 2015<\/time><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Surrounding residents told to evacuate their homes as flames shoot from home on Cedar Hill X Road<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdnapi.kaltura.com\/p\/1752871\/sp\/175287100\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/24800362\/partner_id\/1752871?iframeembed=true&amp;playerId=kaltura_player_1445474035&amp;entry_id=0_lntbgzwv&amp;flashvars[streamerType]=auto\" height=\"340\" width=\"540\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Firefighters mounted an aggressive attack after arriving at a fully involved house fire on Cedar Hill X Road in Saanich around 1:30am Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Neighbouring homes were evacuated as a precaution but fire crews were able to knock the fire down quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There were four people living in the home, which police call a specialized foster home, including an adult and three teenagers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All four were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor smoke inhalation and then released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A\u00a0portion of the house was\u00a0gutted\u00a0and a vehicle that was parked in the carport was destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fire investigators were joined at the scene Wednesday morning by forensic investigators from Saanich Police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt would appear as though it is suspicious in nature, we do believe the fire likely started on the exterior of the home but that is yet to be confirmed, at this point we don\u2019t know what caused the fire,\u201d said Sergeant Steve Eassie with Saanich Police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Neighbour Kate Holmes said police had been to her door asking if she had surveillance cameras, and Eassie confirmed investigators were\u00a0canvassing the neighbourhood to see if anyone saw or heard anything unusual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This isn\u2019t the first time residents say they\u2019ve seen Saanich Police at the home, and police confirm they have visited in the past but wouldn\u2019t say what they responded for and add they haven\u2019t been there recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Police say like most arson investigations, it will take some time before they can determine just how the\u00a0fire started, and who may be responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheknews.ca\/fire-saanich-house-overnight-119909\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.cheknews.ca\/fire-saanich-house-overnight-119909\/<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people have asked about the\u00a0\u201cmysterious fire\u201d in Saanich early Wed. morning. \u00a0The video seems to indicate a potential involvement with the smart meter. \u00a0At 0.34 you can see the meter base with the missing meter. Why was the meter missing? The investigation is ongoing. At 1.:12 you can see well the smoke and smudgy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,17,125,126,3,194,309,18,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bchydro","category-bc","category-damage","category-fire","category-health_and_safety","category-removal","category-saanich","category-smart-meter","category-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7229"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7237,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions\/7237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}