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By John H. Wright Jr., MAI, and Martin H. Aaron, MAI, SRA

The role that religion plays in the midst of this pandemic is a philosophical matter.

However, the role that religious facilities play is a decidedly practical matter particularly for church mortgage lenders.

Before the pandemic, 36% of Americans attended religious services weekly, and 69% attended at least a few times a year, according to the Pew Research Center. The coronavirus brought attendance to a halt in many states, and some religious facilities adapted by providing online or drive-by services.

Unlike online shopping and curbside pickup for retail, virtual and drive-by religious services havent become a widely accepted new normal (although many larger churches have had success with online services). Even though people are eager to attend worship services for strength and spiritual guidance during this time of uncertainty, there are some concerns that the pause will drive long-term negative attendance and giving trends and affect the use and valuation of religious facilities.

Over the years, religious facilities have expanded to provide childcare, education, elder care, recreation, and community services such as job fairs and food pantries. This, in turn, has affected the ratio of seating to total building area. With social distancing, religious facilities can seat only a fraction of their capacity. Like their public counterparts, religious schools may not fully reopen for some time. These changes could have material value implications.

Space restrictions, along with elevated risk of infection for elders and the potential for church services to become super-spreader events, prevent many people from attending religious services.

At the same time, community support services that religious facilities provide are in high demand in the midst of the pandemic. Food,daycare, and job and housing insecurity have become grim concerns for many Americans, and religious facilities can come to their aid to the extent that social distancing requirements allow. In some communities, religious facilities even serve as COVID-19 testing sites because of their large parking lots and recognizable locations.

However, religious facilities survive on tithing, donations, foundations and other sources of cash flow that have been curtailed by the economic downturn. Some religious facilities with mortgages have missed payments since the pandemic, or they are debt insecure.

Every market is different, though, with unique advantages and challenges. There has been a surge in religious facility appraisals as lenders grapple to reassess the value of buildings that arent being fully used in the intended way. While some congregations are looking to sell their facilities, lenders are trying to determine if COVID-19-induced trends constitute a short-term interruption or long-term disruption to religious facility use, and resulting in possible changes in the highest and best use of the facility. This process is critical in the accurate estimation of COVID-19s impact on the current market value of the facility.

Looking to the future, some congregations with stable finances might be considering construction plans or additions as they reconcile how to best serve their communities during the pandemic and beyond. An accurate estimate of the market value of the real estate forms the foundation for sound decision making in this unprecedented time.

John H. Wright Jr., MAI, and Martin H. Aaron, MAI, SRA, are Senior Managing Director and Managing Director, respectively, at BBG, a national due diligence commercial real estate firm. They are also authors of The Appraisal of Religious Facilities, the recognized industry standard for valuation of religious facilities, schools and nonprofits.

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Construction is underway on a 94-unit senior-housing project in Northland, the third such project for a community that has a high concentration of vulnerable seniors, according to data from Ohio State University's Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.

National Church Residences, based in Upper Arlington, is building the $16 million Northland Gate at 5771 Maple Canyon Drive.

Columbus City Council member Emmanuel V. Remy, who spent six years as president of Northland Community Council, said he remembers the project in its infancy.

"We know the senior population will grow exponentially by 2030," he said. "We also know those residents in Northland and throughout the city would like to age in place. Having the ability to stay in their neighborhood in affordable housing means everything to the seniors out there."

Currently, Franklin County has the second-highest number of people ages 65 and older in the state, according to the 2014 Kirwan Institute study, which said this senior population is projected to grow by more than 53% by 2030, a rate five times more than the anticipated overall population growth of Franklin County.

Remy and others took part in a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 25 for the 3-story, 85,000-square-foot building, which will offer one- and two-bedroom residences.

Rents will range from $400 to $1,000, depending on income levels. The development will provide free Wi-Fi, a fitness center and outdoor walking paths.

Construction will take a little more than a year, said Amy Rosenthal, vice president of affordable development for National Church Residences.

"The community members know best, and they're coming to us saying they have a need," she said. "The data were there, too. Northland was lacking affordable senior housing. It had never received a low-income housing-tax-credit award for seniors. It felt like the time was right."

National Church Residences received $1.2 million in tax credits in 2019 from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, which essentially gave the company the approval to proceed with the project.

The company already has a strong presence in the community: It manages Restoration Plaza I, II and III and owns Northland Community Center for Senior Health North and other properties in the neighborhood, Rosenthal said.

In addition to Northland Gate, National Church Residences is building two other senior-housing developments that should be completed in the next two years, according to information from the company.

Salem Village at Dublin-Granville and Karl roads will have 76 one-bedroom apartments, and Bretton Woods at 4836 Cleveland Ave. will have 62 one- and two-bedroom apartments.

National Church Residences and its financial partners have invested nearly $50 million in the Northland area, according to the company.

"The numbers of our aging population are astounding, so it's important we have partners like National Church Residences," Remy said.

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Eagle Rock news through a Zoom lens | Artwork by Andrew Jacobs, ERNC Communications Director

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL

By Sylvia Denlinger

What do Katy Perry, the Catholic Church, and Eagle Rock have in common? If you had been attending ERNC meetings, you would know!

What is the ERNC?

The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) is part of the Neighborhood Council system created in 1999 when voters in L.A. approved a new city charter.

The Neighborhood Council system gives neighborhoods a voice in local government. It makes sure that neighborhoods hear in advance about city decisions so that people have time to discuss the decisions and respond.

The Charter also allows neighborhoods to be a part of city budget planning. It gives money to the Neighborhood Councils $32,000 in 2020 to spend on local projects and organizations.

Every two years, Eagle Rock can elect 19 people to the Board of the Neighborhood Council. (Elections are coming up in 2021, so watch this space!)

Each Board member receives training in ethics, funding and communication as it relates to the Neighborhood Council. Members are bound by ethical and organizational laws, primarily the Brown Act and Roberts Rules of Order.

In addition, the ERNC creates its own governing bylaws. These are reviewed every two years.

How does the ERNC help me?

The ERNC is a place to start if you have a question, an idea, a project, a problem, based in your community.

When and where does the ERNC meet?

The Board of the ERNC meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. to discuss issues that affect Eagle Rock and vote on how to spend their budget.

In normal times, the monthly meeting takes place at the Eagle Rock City Hall. But now, due to COVID-19, the ERNC is meeting online via Zoom. You can join us for all or part of a meeting from the comfort of your home.

A few days before the meeting, a link to a Zoom conference appears on the ERNC website. Click on the link (it will install Zoom if you dont have it already) and prepare to join in the discussion!

Heres the link to our website to find out more: http://www.wordpress.eaglerockcouncil.org/

And the answer to our riddle? What Katy Perry, the Catholic Church and Eagle Rock have in common is the Bekins Estate!

Bekins Estate is a mansion in Eagle Rock that the Church wanted to buy and remodel as part of a deal that also involved selling a convent to Katy Perry.

In the end, Katy bought the convent but the Church backed out of buying Bekins. Chris Hardwick now owns the property, with no remodel.

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From David Clegg

Tyrrell County Manager

Tyrrell County Food Bank project received a tremendous boost when Tyrrell County received a $100,000 grant from the Cannon Foundation. The grant will be paired with an $180,000 Community Development Block Grant to construct a food bank facility for the county. It is estimated that 22% of the countys population is food insecure.

The facility will be located on the site of the recently demolish Flair Building next door to Tyrrell Hall on U.S. Highway 64 East. The Cannon Foundation grant award will allow Tyrrell County to place for bid a 1660 square foot facility. The food bank will be an affiliate of the distribution system of the Food Bank of the Albemarle. Architects for the facility are Cahoon and Kasten of Nags Head.

It is the intention of the Tyrrell County Board of Commissioners to create a non-profit corporation to operate the food bank with management assistance from the county commissioners, Tyrrell County DSS, Tyrrell Senior Adult Center and community based religious and civic organization. The building and equipment will remain property of Tyrrell County.

This new facility will be a great tribute to the faithful volunteers of the Church Road Emergency Food Pantry, said Tommy Everett, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.

County Manager David Clegg commented, This food bank building will allow us to take full advantage of opportunities to assist our food insecure citizens and leverage many government and private resources.

The Cannon Foundation was formed in 1943 by Charles A. Cannon, chairman and president of the Cannon Mills Company. The foundation, located in Concord, N.C., continues his philanthropic legacy by funding primarily capital and infrastructure projects for organizations across the state of North Carolina. TO date, the foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $305 million.

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CRESTVIEW The massive Patriot Ridge subdivision slated to stand next to the southeast part of Crestview over the next five years will have an alternate access road, as well as many more single-family homes than initially planned.

The additional houses will mean even more traffic on area roads, an impact the subdivision developer and local officials are working to address.

An amended development agreement that includes the alternate access road and 106 additional houses for Patriot Ridge received the Okaloosa County Commissions unanimous approval Tuesday.

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The original county-approved agreement from last fall allowed Patriot Ridge LLC, led by developer Greg Matovina of Jacksonville, to develop up to 570 single-family homes on almost 417 acres.

The project site is east of State Road 85 and between Shoal River Drive and Airmans Memorial Road, on property that once contained the Adara Golf Course.

The initial agreement showed the main access to the future subdivision would be via Shoal River Drive east of Live Oak Church Road. Based on a request from commissioners, as well as residents who live adjacent to the future subdivision, the developer more recently was able to acquire about 60 acres directly east of the Patriot Ridge boundary for a secondary access.

The additional access road will connect to Airmans Memorial Road just east of Chanan Drive. Another approved update to the agreement limits access to Skyline Circle through the first phase of the development for emergency vehicles only.

The overall amended agreement now allowsfor construction of a total of 676 houses, which will be built in 16 phases over five years. The price range of the subdivisions interior-lot homes reportedly could be about $200,000 to $400,000.

The project changes received the county Planning Commissions unanimous support in August. Before that meeting, the county provided residents who live around the project site notice of the proposed agreement amendment.

The two members of the public who commented on the then-proposed updated project at the planning boards meeting both spoke in favor of it, county Growth Management Director Elliot Kampert told the County Commission Tuesday.

District 1 County Commissioner Graham Fountain, whose district includes the Patriot Ridge development area and a part of Crestview, and District 3 County Commissioner Nathan Boyles, whose district also includes a part of Crestview, both praised the developer on Tuesday for being able to add the additional access road.

In response to questions from the Daily News, Boyles on Thursday said Patriot Ridge would help provide housing for the military-associated workforce and other people.

Do we have some traffic challenges there (along S.R. 85 by the south part of Crestview)? Yes, Boyles said. But will this project help fill some niches in our housing market? I think so.

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Boyles chairs the Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization, which is helping to plan the eventual widening of a 12-mile-long stretch of S.R. 85.

According to TPO documents, the four-lane S.R. 85 between its connection with State Road 123 north of the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport and its segment just north of Interstate 10 in Crestview could be widened to six lanes sometime between 2031 and 2040.

The Florida Department of Transportation is the lead agency on the planned, state-funded widening project, construction of which might cost about $50 million.

For fiscal year 2022, the agency has $1.65 million funded for the projects initial planning and engineering tasks.

That is what will kick that process off, said Boyles, who added that the TPO is trying to get the widening work timeframe accelerated.

For its part, Patriot Ridge LLC will widen Live Oak Church Road to four lanes from S.R. 85 to Shoal River Drive, help the county upgrade John King Road, and make other road improvements to help offset traffic impacts stemming from its future subdivision.

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The patchwork of surface parking lots that once blighted DowntownToronto's urban fabric are now few and far between. Rising land values and a planning policies have spelled the demise of surface parking in the city centre, and most of the remaining lots are facing redevelopment in the near future. This week's Throwback Thursday looks back just over two years, comparing an aerial view of a former surface parking lot at Church and The Esplanade with a recent view of its ongoing redevelopment. Back in June, 2018,the parking lot at the intersection's southwest corner was gearing up for the arrival of heavy machinery to begin construction at 75 on The Esplanade. The east-facing view is from the nearby 25 The Esplanade apartment building which overlooksthe site.

Looking east over site of 75 on The Esplanade, 2018, image by Forum contributor mburrrrr

Just over two years later, thenew 29-storey condominium tower, designed by architectsAlliance forHarhay DevelopmentsandCarttera Private Equities, is rising fast towards an eventual height of approximately 100 metres as cladding installation begins on lower levels. Other changes have also happened in the background, with the upper edge of the photo showing slivers of the Sherbourne and Front streetsites of St Lawrence Condos at 158 Front and Time and Space Condos.

Looking east over site of 75 on The Esplanade, 2020, image by Forum contributor mburrrrr

A GIF helps to visualize the last couple years of change.

Looking east over site of 75 on The Esplanade, 2018-2020, images by Forum contributor mburrrrr

We will return next week with another look at the changing face of Toronto. In the meantime, you can submit your own Throwback Thursday comparisons in our dedicatedForum threadfor your chance to be featured in next week's edition.

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Your startup is special and different, and you need to explain that to distracted investors in just a few short slides. The pandemic has added to your challenge, because more investors have been looking through more decks than ever online and spending less time on each.

To help you create the right fundraising presentation, weve put together a panel of expert investors at Disrupt 2020 from September 14-18 who have been backing early-stage companies through good times and bad. Were also providing daily pitch deck teardown sessions that can serve as a guide (heres how to submit your own if youve already registered for Disrupt 2020).

Ann Miura-Ko is the co-founder of Floodgate and a leading early-stage investor (and computer security expert) with investments including Lyft, Xamarin, Clover Health, Clever and many more. Shes been one of our most popular guest authors and speakers over the years, covering topics like building a minimum viable company and finding the inflection point.

Lo Toney is a long-time founder and product leader who spent much of this past decade investing with Comcast Venturess Catalyst Fund and Google Ventures, before founding Plexo Capital in 2018 (and serving as a mentor at Mucker Capital during this time). His focus includes investing in diverse founders globally, as well as backing other funds with the same mission. Some of his recent investment include PlayVS, Replicated and StyleSeat on the company side, and Precursor, Boldstart, Female Founders Fund and WorkBench on the fund side.

Rajan Anandan is the leader of Surge, Sequoia Capital Indias rapid scale-up program for founders in India and Southeast Asia. He previously served as Googles top business executive in the region for more than eight years, held executive roles in Microsoft and Dell operations before that and has invested in dozens of startups in India and around the world.

Join us at this pitch deck teardown and so much more at Disrupt 2020 happening from September 14-18. Grab your Disrupt Digital Pro Pass today and during our Labor Day Flash Sale you can save an extra $100! Hope to see you there!

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Magic's Affinity decks are aggro artifact decks that win fast, but they can be taken down with the right sideboard cards and strategies.

In the Modern format of Magic: The Gathering, one of the earliest and most reputable decks is Affinity, an artifact aggro deck capable of explosive early-game plays. To newcomers, these aggressive robots may seem unstoppable, with 8/1 lifelink fliers on turn three or a board of artifacts pumped up with +1/+1 counters and an Infect plan B on top of that. But even Affinity has weaknesses to exploit.

Sideboarding against an Affinity deck means knowing what sort of cards it contains and how those cards are used. Affinity decks are not only proactive aggro decks, but they also make heavy use of activated abilities, especially since these dump their entire hand on the board early on before they run out of gas. Cranial Plating is a powerful Equipment, and Arcbound Ravager and Steel Overseer have useful abilities as well, along with the manlands Inkmoth Nexus and Blinkmoth Nexus.

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Anti-affinity cards can disable these activated abilities, destroy artifacts, destroy lands and counter certain artifact spells. White mana is well-equipped to face Affinity, such as with the enchantment Stony Silence. Costing just 1W, Stony Silence disables the activated abilities of all artifacts, making Steel Overseer, Mox Opal, Arcbound Ravager and Cranial Plating practically useless. Of course, this means Stony Silence's caster must be ready for their own artifacts to lose access to their abilities.

White man also offers Kataki, War's Wage, a cheap Spirit that gives all artifacts "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {1}." Affinity decks won't be able to pay for all of their artifacts, and they'll spend a lot of mana keepingthose that remain.

Blue gives access to Hurkyl's Recall, a in instant costing 1U that returns all artifacts a player controls to their hand. This is a temporary measure, but it can buy the caster some time, especially if Snapcaster Mage targets it a turn or two later. Havea way to capitalize on this bought time, such as attacking back on an empty board or digging for more permanent answers.

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Blue also offers Steel Sabotage, a cheap counterspell costing just U that can bounce an artifact or counter an artifact spell. Similarly, Ceremonious Rejection can counter any colorless spell for just U. Spell Snare counters any spell with a CMC of 2, in this case Arcbound Ravager, Vault Skirge, Cranial Plating, Spellskite and Steel Overseer.

Black mana has relatively few options for fighting Affinity, but it does have Fatal Push, which is a great sideboard card for use against aggro decks like Affinity and Burn.

Red is known for destroying artifacts, and it has many options against Affinity, though some are better than others. Ancient Grudge is usually the right call,as it's Shatter with an upside: having Flashback for just G. One card destroying two artifacts is an excellent deal, and it's worth splashing green for if needed. Red cards also include Shattering Spree, a red-heavy card with Replicate that allows the caster to destroy as many artifacts as they have red mana. The Amonkhet set includes By Force, which is slow (it's a sorcery), but it scales up well. It costs XR and can destroy X target artifacts, allowing it to net massive card advantage against Affinity if the caster can survive that long.

Green can pay for Ancient Grudge's Flashback cost, but it also includes Nature's Claim, which can destroy an artifact for just G and give that artifact's controller four life. If it means destroying Cranial Plating and buying some time, then that four life may be worth it.

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Multicolor options against Affinity start with Kolaghan's Command, an instant costing 1BR that is known for its flexibility and potential for card advantage. Against Affinity, it can destroy an artifact and deal two damage to a target. This means it could damage a target like Vault Skirge and destroy an activated Inkmoth Nexus. If the Affinity deck has Spellskite out, be ready for it to redirect the "two damage" clause to itself. Adjust by targeting the player or choosing other modes on the card instead of the "two damage" mode. Destructive Revelry costs RG and destroys and artifact or enchantment and deals two damage to the target's controller.

Finally, colorless options against Affinity exist, such as Ghost Quarter. This land does more than slow down Tron; it can hit Inkmoth Nexus or Blinkmoth Nexus to remove a creature and mana source at the same time. The Affinity deck won't always have a basic land to fetch for. Alpine Moon and Blood Moon can convert Affinity's many nonbasic lands into ordinary Mountains, eliminating them as threats.

Phyrexian Revoker and Pithing Needle may name Cranial Plating, Steel Overseer, Arcbound Ravager, Inkmoth Nexus or Blinkmoth Nexus, depending on which one the caster can't handle by other means. Chalice of the Void can also do some work, especially if played with zero charge counters on turn one on the play. Thus, the Chalice can counter zero-drop spells like Mox Opal and Memnite, or it can be cast on two to stop a variety of threats. Of course, Chalice's caster should adjust their own deck via sideboarding to minimize the collateral damage.

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So you've binge-watched another season of Below Deck, a series that exposes the working conditions of crew members working on luxurious mega yachts. With its exotic locations, difficult charter guests, and oftentimes questionable romances, you likely aren't alone in your BD fandom.

But just how real is the show, you mightve thought to yourself? As it turns out, for a reality show franchise, Below Deck is surprisingly genuine. As far as we know, nearly every confrontation between crew members is real, according to producers of the show. The romances are authentic, with some even dating well after the show. Its all happening in real time, which if you think about it, is actually really impressive. Here's what we know about the series:

In an interview for Bravo.com, executive producer Courtland Cox revealed when they were casting for the first season of Below Deck, many yachties were afraid to join the series. Initially, it was very hard to get yacht crew members to commit to doing the show because it was an unknown entity, he explained. People didnt know what Below Deck was.

Thankfully at least some members of the yachting industry have gotten over their fear of being on the show and continue to work on boats well after their 15 seconds of fame are up.

While fans love seeing the eccentric and difficult charters guests who come aboard the yachts, you might've wondered whether they're planted by production to get a rise out of the crew. Although production does vet the charter guests and puts them through a rigorous interview process, they dont have a say as to their actions on board.

"I think the guests that come on and have an amazing time, and you look at them as a producer and go, I want to live that life," Cox told Bravo about how they choose those charting the yachts. "Those are the guests I love seeing.

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While the tip meetings at the end of each charter are real, the amount of money they receive isnt exactly accurate given the nature of the show, as former cast member Kate Chastain broke down for Entertainment Tonight back in October 2019.

On a yacht of that size, [a good tip] would be $5,000 a person for seven days of work, she explained. Our charters are a little bit shorter, just so we can make the show. But everything else is the same we usually get around $2,500, $2,000. Anything less than $1,000 would be depressing, which sounds crazy, doesnt it?

The other thing thats not real: How the tip is delivered to the captain. While the crew does line up at the end of each charter to escort the guests back onshore, the envelope handoff is strictly for cameras.

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As it turns out, the majority of the boats on the OG Below Deck use aliases, most likely to protect their reputations once the show wraps for the season. According to yachterchartfleet.com, of the original series, only one boat actually went by its real name on-camera, which was My Seanna from season six. The other four names featured on the show have very different names than one would expect: Lumiere (Honor, season one), Rhino (Ohana, season two), Mustang Sally (Eros, season three) and BG (Valor, seasons four, five and seven).

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According to producers, some of the more jaw-dropping moments on the show are entirely unscripted. As Cox assured fans on Bravo.com, all the moments you couldnt get over are actually real, to the point that the crew has to re-route their plans to accommodate for the situation.

Thats the kind of thing that keeps me from coming back to the show, Cox told the publication. Every season, there are five or six moments that so completely engage me and so suck me in that Im like, this is why Below Deck is an amazing show that you cant do anywhere else.

Among some of the most shocking moments for the production team: Kat Held sneaking off the boat on BD season one, finding out Malia and Adam knew each other on Med season two, Rocky and Eddie secretly hooking up in the laundry room on BD season three (prompting production to add cameras there), and Ashton Pienaar going overboard in BD season six, prompting one of the cameramen to put down his camera and to save the deckhands life.

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In a lengthy blog post, Linda P. Jones, a charter guest from season one of Med and season six of BD, broke down her experience aboard the My Seanna while filming took place. She wrote about the crew, food, and an argument one guest heard between some of the cast members below deck.

One thing she wished the cameras showed more of was Captain Lee's sense of humor, which she says got cut out of her episode. "Captain Lee is every bit as funny, charming and smart as he appears on the show," she wrote. "He's the real deal."

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A fire that started on an elevated rear deck caused major damage to a Vancouver house on Wednesday night.

At 9:08 p.m., multiple calls were received for a fire on the backside of a home at 10002 N.E. Seventh St. in the Ellsworth Springs neighborhood.

Eight Vancouver Fire Department units were dispatched to the three-story split-level house. The rear deck was fully involved and flames had spread to the house, according to emergency scanner traffic monitored by The Columbian.

Fire crews mounted an offensive strategy, spraying water from the fire engines top-mounted water cannon at flows of 500 gallons per minute.

They were able to apply a lot of water very quickly and helped extinguish a large body of fire while keeping the fire from spreading, the fire department said in a press release.

The battle was complicated by the presence of ceiling heat in the house.

This is a specific hazard to firefighters as ceiling heat uses wires in the ceiling panels to create radiant heat, the fire department said. These panels are heavy and can injure firefighters when they fall down. The wires can also entangle a firefighter.

After roughly 10 minutes, the ceiling on the second floor had partially collapsed and additional units were called to respond. Power to the house was cut.

The fire was brought under control after about 20 minutes.

Two adults and a cat escaped the house safely. Red Cross was called in to assist.

Property records show the house was built in 1971 and roughly 2,000 square feet.

The official cause is under investigation, though initial radio traffic indicated the fire might have been caused by a barbecue on or near the deck.

A total of six engines, a ladder truck, two battalion chiefs, two training officers, a rehab bus, and a Vancouver fire marshal responded to the blaze, for a total of 28 personnel.

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