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Vancouver rundown for Friday August 9, 2024. Boaters have been dodging logs and debris along

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the lower mainland stretch of the Fraser River after water broke through that Chacot'n River

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log jam earlier this week. Officials are warning people to stay off the river in Langley, Maple

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Ridge, Pitt Metals and Surrey. A debris trap near Agassi has been working, capturing much of the

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dreck before it floats further downstream. Other news, more than a dozen wildfires have been

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sparked by lightning in sea to sky country. The BC wildfire services, eight of those fires are

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burning out of control in the Pemberton fire zone. Hot dry conditions are expected to continue right

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through the weekend for much of the province. A construction crane that came crashing down

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during Tuesday evening's fire in Dunbar is expected to block West 41st Avenue for another week.

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Investigators, including those from WorkSafeBC, are still trying to figure out what caused the

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massive blaze that destroyed two empty buildings and a couple of homes. The remaining structure

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on the main fire site will have to be removed. Prices have dropped a bit, but Vancouver and

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Burnaby remain the most expensive cities in the country for renters. The average rent for a one

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bedroom apartment is over $2,500 in each city. This comes even though Vancouver's year-over-year

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cost of rent has decreased by 8.4%. Friday will be another hot day with inland highs near 30 degrees.

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It will be a tad cooler on Saturday and Sunday, and cloudy for Monday with highs in the low 20s.

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For all the details on these Vancouver area stories along with those links,

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go to vancavorundown.substack.com.