‘I’m not a hero’: Vancouver firefighter honoured for trying to douse burning vehicle – BC
A veteran Vancouver firefighter was honoured by Port Moody Fire Rescue last month for trying to extinguish a burning vehicle linked to a shooting, and sustaining serious burns in the process.
Confirmed Lt. Massimo Cerantola was off-duty when the fire broke out on March 25, 2022, on Port Moody’s Hope Street, near his home. He said he heard a “loud bang” from his backyard, heard “almost hysterical yelling,” and saw a black SUV engulfed in flames.“I was relieved no one was hit actually at that point, but again, with what’s going on with the Lower Mainland with the gang conflict, I knew there was something not right,” he told Global News on Monday.Cerantola said he checked to make sure no one was in the vehicle, grabbed a hose from a neighbour’s house, looked back at the vehicle and s...