Investigators are looking into&nbsp;the cause of a late night fire&nbsp;that burned down three homes and displaced several people in the Metro Vancouver village of Anmore&nbsp;last weekend.&nbsp;

The blaze&nbsp;began around&nbsp;11:30 p.m.&nbsp;on Saturday&nbsp;in Anmore's Countryside Village, just north of Port Moody.

Jay Sharpe, fire chief with the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department, said the heat was "extremely intense" when they arrived on scene.&nbsp;

"Visibility was actually a problem for us at a few points, we couldn't actually see where the fire was, the smoke&nbsp;was so thick."

Fire burns through Lynn Valley seniors' complex — for the 2nd time in 3 years

Crews from three fire departments responded to a major blaze Saturday morning at a seniors' apartment complex in North Vancouver — the second fire at the site in less than three years.

Smoke billows out of a seniors' apartment complex.

Crews battle the Silverlynn Apartment complex fire in Lynn Valley on May 10, 2025. 

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Crews battle the Silverlynn Apartment complex fire in Lynn Valley on Saturday morning. 

Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report

Inspection reports by WorkSafeBC say a planned burn by the province's wildfire service in 2023 could have killed or injured multiple firefighters from Brazil who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape.

A hot spot from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burns in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. 

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He said it had recently rained at the time of the fire, but had conditions been drier, it could've spread to more homes in the vicinity and the nearby forest.

A burned-out car sits in front of a heavily damaged home in Anmore’s Countryside Village.

One person was hospitalized and later released after their home burned down in the blaze.

Anmore fire

No one was injured, according to officials, but&nbsp;one woman — the resident of a mobile home that was affected — was briefly taken to hospital.

CBC News has reached out to Coquitlam RCMP&nbsp;for more on the investigation and the residents displaced.

Charred debris and twisted metal are all that remain of one of the three homes destroyed in a late-night fire.

Investigators say they are looking into the cause of the fire.

In an online fundraiser, the Anmore Neighbours Community Association says&nbsp;the fire quickly spread from one home to those adjacent to it.

The association set up the fundraiser to support those affected, including two families.

Debris and charred remains of one of three homes that were destroyed in a fire in Anmore on Saturday night.

Investigation underway after weekend fire destroys 3 homes in Anmore

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