'We were stretched very thin:' Burnaby firefighters kept busy overnight with multiple incidents

It was a busy night for fire crews and first responders in Burnaby, B.C.

Firefighters were busy battling a large fire at a shed on Willard Avenue, in addition to rescuing a man trapped inside his car in a ditch on Marine Way near Byrne Road.

Both incidents came in around the same time, close to 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

“We were stretched very thin tonight,” said Assistant Chief Michael Hurley, who was in command at the fire scene.

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