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Townhouse fire
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Fire rips through top floor of Flemingdon Park townhouse

December 20, 2021December 21, 2021 Ameer Shash fire, Grenoble Drive, Office of the Fire Marshal, one-alarm fire, Steve Darling, Toronto Fire Services

The Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating after a townhouse fire destroyed a top floor on Grenoble Drive on Sunday afternoon.

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751 Woodbine scene of apartment fire
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Woman in 70s dead after Beach Hill apartment fire

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Streeter staff fatality, fire, Matthew Pegg, paramedics, Toronto Fire Services, Woodbine Avenue

A woman in her 70s has died after a two-alarm fire in an apartment building in Beach Hill yesterday evening.

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Old Colony Road fire aftermath
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Mansion under construction burns down on Old Colony Road

October 6, 2021October 8, 2021 Rodger Burnside fire, Old Colony Road, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police

Workers were using heavy machinery today to pull down the still-smoking embers left of a mansion being built on Old Colony Road.

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fatal fire at Millwood Road apartment
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Elderly woman dead after fire at Millwood Road condo

September 29, 2021December 16, 2021 Rodger Burnside fatality, fire, Millwood Road, Stephan Powell, Toronto Fire Services

An elderly woman has died today after a two-alarm fire in a five-storey condominium building at 955 Millwood Rd. in Leaside.

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fire truck at Parkwoods fire
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Elderly woman flees fire in Parkwoods bungalow fire

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 Rodger Burnside fire, Lynedock Crescent, Stephan Powell, Toronto Fire Services

A two-alarm fire raced through a semi-detached bungalow in Parkwoods, sending its elderly female resident and a neighbour into the street.

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College-Ossington fire aftermath
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Rooftop rescue in College-Ossington fire

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Rodger Burnside College Street, fire, Ossington Avenue, Stephan Powell, Toronto Fire Services

Two people escaped a three-storey building at College Street and Ossington Avenue after flames engulfed its top floor yesterday afternoon.

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Gainsborough house had no working smoke alarms
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No working smoke alarms at fatal Gainsborough Road fire: report

March 12, 2021March 26, 2021 Rodger Burnside electrical failure, fire, Gainsborough Road, Office of the Fire Marshal, smoke detectors, Toronto Fire Services

There were no working smoke alarms in the house on Gainsborough Road where fire killed four people in January, an investigation has found.

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Hopewell fire site
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Hopewell fire razes top levels of townhouse

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Rodger Burnside fire, Hopewell Avenue, Toronto Fire Services

No injuries were reported as a two-alarm fire took out the top floor and roof of a townhouse at 370 Hopewell Ave. this morning.

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firefighters at east-end fire on Gainsborough
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Four dead, others injured in east-end fire

January 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Rodger Burnside fire, Gainsborough Road, Jim Jessop, Stephan Powell, Toronto Fire Services

A fire in an east-end home has killed four people and sent two others to hospital early this morning, Toronto Fire Services say.

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investigation of basement fire
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Fire destroys basement of house under construction

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Rodger Burnside fire, Glengrove Avenue West, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police

The cause of a fire that engulfed the basement of a partly constructed residence is as yet unknown, fire officials say.

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Woodbine explosion site
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Arson, disregard for life, charged after Woodbine explosion

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 Rodger Burnside arson, explosion, fire, Queensdale Avenue, Toronto Fire Services, Toronto Police, Woodbine Avenue

A man has been arrested for arson and disregard for human life after an explosion and fire in a house on Woodbine Avenue.

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File photo firefighters for Westmount fire
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Oakwood-area fire leaves one dead, firefighter injured

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Rodger Burnside fire, Toronto Fire Services, Westmount Avenue

One person is dead and a firefighter was in hospital after a residential fire on Westmount Avenue yesterday afternoon.

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Oxford Street fire scene
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‘Extensive damages’ in Oxford Street house fire—again?

November 16, 2020November 18, 2020 Rodger Burnside fire, Oxford Street, Toronto Fire Services

An Oxford Street house suffered extensive in damages from a fire early this morning, though it may not be for the first time.

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Treadgold fire damage
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New house consumed by fire in Parkwoods area

November 11, 2020November 12, 2020 Rodger Burnside fire, Toronto Fire Services, Treadgold Crescent

Only a few walls and some charred bits of roofing are still standing at 43 Treadgold Cres. where fire ripped through a large new house.

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Neil Wycik after fire
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Neil Wycik evacuated as fire destroys electrical system

November 3, 2020November 4, 2020 Rodger Burnside fire, Gerrard Street East, highrise, Technical Standards and Safety Authority, Toronto Fire Services

The Neil Wycik student co-op residence on Gerrard was evacuated last night when a fire shut down the building’s electrical network.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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