Arson at Nesters Market, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

0:00A man got arrested Monday evening after setting a fire inside Nester's Market Grocery Store in Vancouver's downtown Eastside Woodwards Building. This happened just two months after London drug shut down its spot there because of constant thefts and attacks on workers. Emergency crews rushed to 333 Abbott Street around 5.30 pm. Put out the flames quick, but fire, smoke, and water wrecked the. Place bad. No one got hurt though. Folks in the neighborhood are talking about it as another blow to the area, with Nester's and London drugs being the main stores holding down that, redevelopment spot, social media's buzzing, calling it the end of trying to mix harm reduction with big business in the downtown Eastside. Cops have the guy in custody and plan to push arson charges, though his name's not out yet, while they wait on approval. Meanwhile, Vancouver police want to turn the empty London drug space into a training academy. That shift could change things up down there, leaving us wondering if the future's more about community care or commercial push.

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