Fire at Gilmore Station halts Vancouver's Millennium Line for hours

A fire broke out under Gilmore SkyTrain station in Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, shortly before 5 a.m. local time on November 4, with flames engulfing an elevated guideway pillar and smoke forcing a suspension of Millennium Line service between Brentwood Town Centre and Renfrew stations. Service was restored at about 11:20 a.m., after a morning of major disruption for commuters. (File photo: a Vancouver SkyTrain station.)

Seat structure caught fire; smoke forced the shutdown

According to TransLink and local media, the fire started in a seating structure under the station and spread to the guideway pillar. Firefighters responded, trains on the affected section were halted, and TransLink deployed more than 20 shuttle buses for passengers. Engineers inspected the pillar and confirmed it was safe before service resumed at about 11:20 a.m. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Second major traffic disruption the same day

At 10:39 a.m. the same day, a semi-trailer struck the Ladner Trunk Road overpass in Delta, closing southbound Highway 99 for more than four hours. It was the eighth overpass strike in British Columbia this year and the 85th since late 2021. Authorities reminded drivers to watch vehicle heights and obey clearance signs.

(Sources: CBC, CTV, Vancouver Sun, TransLink, November 5, 2026.)