An occupant of a Port Alberni home is in hospital with serious injuries after a fire early Thursday.
Two other people were taken to hospital to be checked out, said Port Alberni Fire Department Deputy Chief Wes Patterson.
Crews responded to the fire on 10th Avenue about 4 a.m.
Patterson said there was smoke coming out the front of the house, and flames and smoke in the back of the house, when firefighters arrived.
The fire was caused by a pot of boiling oil.
