Courtenay Family Loses Home After Trailer Fire

Thankfully, there no injuries, but a father and his two young sons, in the process of moving to the Comox Valley from Alberta, have lost their trailer in a fire.

Eric Malley says he could smell smoke shortly after 6 a.m. and quickly realized that exiting the trailer safely could prove to be quite the challenge.

“I smelled the smoke and looked back and knew there was too much fire to go that way, so I opened the back window to get the kids out – that’s all that matters,” Malley said.

The fire broke around 6am yesterday morning on a property in Courtenay.

A man managed to get himself and his two sons outside, through an emergency window, to safety.

There were no injuries, and the family has been put up in a Courtenay hotel.

Courtenay deputy fire operations chief, George Seigler, says the family was out of the trailer when crews arrived, but there were hazards on the property.

“We did have the vehicles there, that was a concern," Seigler said.

"We did have several 20-pound and 30-pound propane cylinders."

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.