Firefighters Douse Blaze in Debris Pile at Demolition Site in Downtown Nanaimo

Firefighters douse blaze in debris pile at demolition site in downtown Nanaimo

Early morning fire in large construction waste pile at former Howard Johnson Hotel site under investigation

Early morning fire at former Howard Johnson hotel in downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO — An early morning fire at the site of the former Howard Johnson Hotel covered a large section of downtown Nanaimo with smoke on Thursday. Just before 3:30 a.m. on May 22, Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) crews were called to the corner of Terminal Ave. and Comox Rd., with the hotel long abandoned and currently in the process of being demolished. A pile of wood and other debris created by the demolition process was on fire, with thick smoke cov…