An out-of-control fire destroyed an apartment building under construction in Vancouver’s Dunbar neighbourhood on Tuesday and then spread to several nearby homes, totally engulfing one of them. According to Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services deputy chief Robert Weeks, emergency services were called to the intersection of Collingwood Street and West 41st Avenue at around 6:30 p.m. as fire consumed the six-storey, wood-frame development that was near completion. The blaze was so intense it caused a construction crane to crash down across West 41st Avenue, taking out trolley lines and power lines and leading to power outages south of the road. Thick plumes of smoke and large chunks of burning embers drifted west, east and north across the surrounding blocks. “A fire like that creates its own wind. When a fire is as big as it was, all that wood is fuel for the fire,” Weeks said.