Vancouver rundown for Monday, March 3, 2025. Breaking news, there has been a 4.6 earthquake
just east of Orcas Island and south of Bellingham, Washington. It happened at 5.02 Monday morning and
has been felt by some people in northwestern Washington state, parts of the Gulf Islands,
Vancouver Island, and of course the BC Lower Mainland. There is still no word on the whereabouts
of a woman who may have been inside that home that exploded in flames in Langley late Friday morning.
Two others were critically injured. Six neighboring homes were damaged too severely. An excavator was
used late Friday to pull apart the debris. Investigators continued to go through the rubble
as they pieced together the circumstances, trying to figure out why there was a large explosion
just before the massive fire on 196th Street at 73 A Avenue. Other news, six people and a cat have
been displaced following a house fire in Surrey's Fleetwood neighborhood Sunday morning. No one is
injured but the cat had to be rescued by firefighters. The house appears to be beyond repair. There's no
word on the cause of the fire. One man has been badly hurt after being attacked by someone with
a sharp weapon in Surrey's Holland Park. Police do not think the attack on Saturday evening was
random. No arrests have been made. Members of BC's Ukrainian community rallied at Canada Place and
several other spots across the Lower Mainland over the weekend. Many expressed outrage with
Donald Trump and the White House after Friday's heated meeting in Washington DC with President
Volodymyr Zelensky. The U.S. and Ukraine failed to sign any deal over mineral rights at that meeting.
Fog and a slight chance of showers on Monday, a mix of sun and cloud by the afternoon, a chance of
showers for Tuesday, cloudy periods for Wednesday. For all the details on these local Vancouver area
stories along with those links go to vancouverundown.substack.com