Fatal Prince George fire class action can proceed: court
The B.C. Supreme Court has agreed to certify a class action lawsuit brought by one of the survivors of a deadly fire at a Prince George motel in 2020.
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The B.C. Supreme Court has agreed to certify a class action lawsuit brought by one of the survivors of a deadly fire at a Prince George motel in 2020.
Three people were killed in the July 8 fire that gutted much of the motel in the 900 block of Victoria Street. In September, one of the occupants who survived the blaze filed a class-action lawsuit against the the two owners as well as the City and All Points Fire Protection Ltd. and Aztech Fire Safety Planning and Consulting (2015) Ltd. In a response filed December 7 at the Prince George courthouse, Mundi and Choice say that on July 6 - two days before the fire - the City through Prince George Fire Rescue inspected the motel's fire preparedness and safety system and found they had met stan...