Sooke fire was called to a structure fire on Saturday, Mar 5 just after 9:30 a.m., at the 7500 block of West Coast Road. It was completely extinguished just after 2:00 in the afternoon. The roads are now re-opened.

There are no fire hydrants in the area, and water had to be trucked in.

The following was reported on Twitter by West Coast Outdoor on Twitter.

House fire 7500 block West Coast Rd (just now) Suggest Kemp Lake/Otter Pt to go round-road still open at mo’ #Sooke pic.twitter.com/PF6cs4zVhf

— West Coast Outdoor (@WstCoastOutdoor) March 5, 2016

#yyjtraffic affected by structure fire at 7555 West Coast Rd in #Sooke, crews letting only 1 lane of traffic through at a time.

— CFAX1070 (@cfax1070) March 5, 2016

Recommend all traffic use Otter Point Rd and Kemp Lake Road as detours around west coast rd fire in #sooke

— Steven Sorensen (@FireChiefSooke) March 5, 2016

Again, DriveBC is doing its best. According to social media tweets from CFAX and the Sooke fire chief, single lane traffic is permitted.

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Fire in #sooke now out. Thanks to all the volunteer firefighters assisting. #communityhero‘s. West coast rd will reopen to traffic

— Steven Sorensen (@FireChiefSooke) March 5, 2016