Victoria police and firefighters responded to a fire in the 1000-block of Foul Bay Road Tuesday afternoon.
Shortly after 12:30 p.m. VicPD tweeted that they were on site and asked people to avoid the area using alternate routes.
Officers are responding to assist firefighters at a fire reported at a coffee shop in the 1000-block of Foul Bay Road. We'll be working with @OakBayPolice to control traffic & help keep everyone in the area safe. #yyjtraffic will be impacted. Please use a different route. #yyj
— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) September 29, 2020
Eyewitness accounts said the fire was at the Good Earth Cafe on the corner of Oak Bay Ave and Foul Bay Road.
In a phone call with Victoria Buzz, Victoria Fire Deputy Chief of Operations Dan Atkinson said that the fire was the result of an electrical issue.
“There was no structural damage to the building itself,” Atkinson said. “Luckily it occurred in the middle of a concrete structure.”
Firefighters were first called to the scene at about 12:10 p.m.
Because of the time needed to find the source of the fire, it took about 30 minutes after arrival for crews to extinguish the blaze.
No injuries were reported in the fire.
