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‘This is the heart of the community’: Massive structure fire destroys building on Toronto’s Ward Island – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto fire crews battled an early morning blaze at the Ward’s Island Community Centre on Sunday. Emergency responders say calls reporting the fire came in around 2:20 a.m. By the time firetrucks arrived on scene, it was a fully involved structure fire. …

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1 rescued from balcony after downtown Toronto high-rise fire – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Fire Services says one person was rescued from a balcony after a fire broke out at a high-rise building downtown. Firefighters were called to Sherbourne Street, near Shuter Street, at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday for a fire on the 12th floor. …

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Etobicoke house fire displaces 7 people, Toronto fire says – Toronto

Seven people have been displaced after a house fire in Etobicoke on Tuesday afternoon, according to Toronto fire. Emergency crews responded to an active fire at a home located at 75 Silverstone Drive in the area of Kipling and Finch avenues at around 4:40 p.m. Toronto fire said when crews …

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Fire on Toronto subway train at Sheppard-Yonge station causes delays, burn injury – Toronto

Toronto police and fire units say a fire broke out on a northbound subway train car at the Sheppard-Yonge station Sunday afternoon. Emergency responders say they responded to reports of an e-bike on fire around 3 p.m. The bike was on the first car of a train heading northbound, police …

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Firefighters rescue man from 10th-floor unit in Toronto highrise fire – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Firefighters were called to a fire at a Toronto highrise Friday afternoon and rescued a man from a 10th-floor unit in the the building. Toronto Fire Services said emergency crews were called to 30 Thunder Grove at 1:13 p.m.,  in the McCowan …

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1 dead after fire breaks out at Toronto shelter – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Fire Services says one person has died after a fire broke out at a city-run shelter space — which was formerly a hotel —  in North York on Monday. Officials said the fire broke out just before 10 a.m. at an …

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Toronto fire crews respond to Bellevue Square Park encampment up in flames – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police and fire operations say an encampment at Bellevue Square Park went up in flames Saturday morning. The fire was extinguished with no reported injuries, Toronto Fire Capt. Bill Papaconstantinou said. He also said people were already at the scene with extinguishers helping …

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Toronto firefighter injured after encampment assault, suspect in custody – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man has been arrested after he reportedly assaulted a Toronto firefighter Saturday morning. Toronto police said they responded to the area of Sherbourne Street and Rosedale Valley Road around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 14 for reports that a firefighter had been …

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Firefighter, 5 others taken to hospital after Toronto house fire – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A firefighter and five other people were taken to hospital after a two-alarm fire at a Toronto home late Wednesday, officials say. A spokesperson for Toronto Fire Services said emergency crews were called at around 10:45 p.m. to a home on Vaughan …

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