Seven people have been displaced after three homes in Rayleigh simultaneously burned Friday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the neighbourhood along the Yellowhead Highway just before 2:30 p.m. for a trio of house fires that sparked one after the other.

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Firefighters responded initially to a home fully engulfed in flames at 4831 Aspen Park Dr. on the west side of Spurraway Drive. That fire quickly spread to a second house next door at 4843 Aspen Park Dr. and, within a half hour, firefighters were on their way to a third house in flames about two blocks away on Reighmount Drive 香蕉视频直播� located on the east side of Spurraway.

All occupants of the homes were accounted for and no one sustained any injuries in the fires.

Rayleigh resident Jake St. Germain was in the backyard of his Reighmount Drive a few doors away from where the third fire sparked when he noticed smoke coming from Aspen Park Drive.

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He said he ran into the yard of that second house to remove a dog from the property, having stepped up when he heard people hollering about the canine companion.

St. Germain said he then noticed smoke billowing from Reighmount Drive.

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A KTW reporter on scene at the time said he could see smoke pouring out of a vent near the peak of the Reighmount Drive house. He said flames seemed to be building at the rear of the home on the upper floor. He also saw flames on the back deck of the home and noticed what appeared to be a length of one or more electrical extension cords draped on the upper deck.

Kamloops Fire Rescue appeared to have all three house fires extinguished by the late afternoon with many fire trucks and ambulances still on scene at about 5:30 p.m.

RCMP victim services was also on scene liaising with the displaced residents.

KFR Assistant Chief Robb Schoular said firefighters had arrived on scene to find the first home in flames that had already spread to the second, neighbouring home.

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About 25 minutes after arriving, KFR received word of the fire on nearby Reighmount and was able to dispatch an engine crew to fight that fire.

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Kamloops RCMP said it香蕉视频直播檚 unclear if the two fires are related, and Schoular said the causes are undetermined at this time, noting investigators were just arriving on scene at about 5:30 p.m.

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St. Germain said an elderly couple reside at the Reighmount Drive home that caught fire.

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While no humans were injured in the fires, one of three dogs between the residences remains unaccounted for, Schoular said.

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Kamloops Fire Rescue is responding to three structure fires in the Rayleigh neighbourhood. Residents are asked to avoid the area. More information will be provided when possible.

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