Two families are out of their homes after a fire in East Vancouver Tuesday morning.

The home in the 3500 block of Price Street — near Boundary Road and Joyce Street — caught fire just before 7 a.m.

Tenant says he woke his family up and everyone escaped without injury. Lots of smoke still billowing from behind the building. <a href="https://twitter.com/VanFireRescue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VanFireRescue</a> <a href="https://t.co/MUxqG15w7k">pic.twitter.com/MUxqG15w7k</a> —@gpsmendoza

William Dennis lives on the bottom floor of the home and scrambled to wake his three siblings up when he smelled burning plastic.

"I was just sleeping with all my little brothers and sisters and smelled the smoke coming inside the house and started panicking and got everyone out instantly," he said.

"It was a horrible smell. You could barely breathe."

William Dennis lived in the basement of the damaged house for six months. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)

Dennis believes everyone escaped unharmed, including the two upstairs residents.

He said he has lost everything.

It's unclear how the fire started.

Firefighters were working to contain the flames by 7 a.m. (GP Mendoza/CBC)

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