NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – One woman is in hospital with serious injuries after an early morning house fire in North Vancouver.

“At 2 o’clock this morning we have multiple 9-1-1 calls for a fully engulfed structure fire here in the Deep Cove area,” says North Vancouver’s Assistant Fire Chief, David Dales.

Asst Fire chief David Dales tells us one woman is in hospital after an early morning fire in Deep Cove. Seympur Pkwy expected to open momentarily @BT_Vancouver @NEWS1130 @NEWS1130Traffic pic.twitter.com/t0ovWuMjbY — Ash Kelly (@AshDKelly) June 17, 2019

The residential area had a number of road closures while fire crews investigated, and Dale says the fire, which came through the roof of the home, prompted evacuations.

“There were actually multiple homes in the neighbourhood that were exposed by this fire as well,” he says. “There’s lots of homes very close to it, so we actually evacuated the homes to the east and to the west.”

This Deep Cove home is destroyed and its owner has serious injuries after an early am fire that had neighbours evacuated amd power to the area shut down. Roads are now all open as usual. @NEWS1130 @BT_Vancouver pic.twitter.com/8xPOBytq2M — Ash Kelly (@AshDKelly) June 17, 2019

The over 3,000 square foot home has significant damage and the one occupant has been taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Dales says there were pets in the home, and they’re still missing.

Mt. Seymour Parkway was closed after the fire from Dollarton, but has since reopened.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

More to come.