Richmond gas explosion victim still homeless, 14 months on - Richmond News
“You need to figure out where you’re going to stay. You have no home.” Sara Chung vividly remembers the words of a Richmond firefighter more than a year ago, spoken a few hours after his crew had secured the aftermath of a massive gas explosion at a Steveston condo complex. article continues below Trending Stories Chung had dashed from work that afternoon to receive the bad news that her two-bedroom condo at the four-storey Nautica North – on No. 2 Road, south of Moncton Street – had been “devastated” by an explosion in the apartment above caused by a gas leak from a fireplace. Around 12 units were affected by the blast, including Chung’s, which suffered mostly from a collapsed ceiling and walls due to severe water damage from above. However, 14 months on from the accident, Chung is still homeless, despite every other displaced Nautica resident being back in their unit. “The restoration is taking a ridiculously long time. There just seems to be one problem after anoth...