Roof fire forces evacuation of Vancouver apartment building

A three storey apartment building on West 11th between Alder and Birch has been evacuated after a two-alarm fire this afternoon. Vancouver Fire Captain Gabe Roder says there was heavy smoke and flames, after the fire broke out on the roof of the building.

Aerial hoses and crews on the roof managed to knock the fire down and checked to make sure it didn't spread into the walls. No one was injured and there's no word on a cause of the fire. There are reports that roofers were working at that apartment building today.