Fire beneath Gilmore SkyTrain station disrupts Millennium Line until mid-morning

Flames engulfed a concrete column under Gilmore Station shortly before 5 a.m. on Nov. 4, after a seating structure wrapped around it caught fire, Daily Hive Vancouver reported. The station is in Burnaby's Brentwood district.

Burnaby fire crews responded to the blaze directly below the platform. No trains ran between Brentwood Town Centre and Renfrew stations during the morning, and TransLink put more than 20 buses on a replacement shuttle connecting Brentwood Town Centre, Gilmore, Rupert and Renfrew. For Millennium Line riders in one of Burnaby's busiest districts, that meant a slower trip until late morning.

TransLink announced that regular service had resumed and Gilmore Station had reopened at about 11:20 a.m. SkyTrain crews gave the all-clear after investigating the infrastructure and completing initial critical repairs, according to Daily Hive.

Sections of the column's outer concrete layer broke off at the station's east end, exposing rebar and leaving debris on the ground. That type of damage is known as concrete spalling, which can occur when concrete is exposed to extreme heat. There also appeared to be some damage to electrical wiring and the platform roof.

TransLink and local fire officials had not publicly stated what caused the fire. The seating was installed in 2025 as part of Onni Group's public realm design for the Gilmore Place project, where the developer is expected to build a new permanent roof over the platforms, replacing canopies from the early 2000s that were meant to be temporary. T&T Supermarket and Fitness World are expected to open there before the end of 2026.