Vancouver Sun
Richmond firefighters will spend Saturday combing through debris to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a popular Steveston grocery store.
Customers and staff were able to quickly evacuate when fire broke out around 5 p.m. Friday at the Super Grocer and Pharmacy on No. 1 Road near Moncton Street. No one was injured. …
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said many in the community have come to count on the store “and to have it taken away just instantly is a real loss to a lot of people in the Steveston and the Greater Richmond area.”
Brodie was told the fire started somewhere toward the back of the store and everyone inside got out quickly.
“It was a very short period before the whole store was engulfed in flames,” he said. …