Four-alarm blaze engulfs popular Danforth restaurant
A four-alarm fire engulfed the Detroit Eatery famous for its Detroit Red Wings fandom early Tuesday morning.
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Firefighters rush to contain Dawes apartment fire
Toronto firefighters responded to a one-alarm blaze at a Dawes Road apartment building shortly after noon hour on Dec. 3.
‘Break-in’ at store turned out to be a fire
What was first suspected of being a break-in at Noor’s Fine Foods turned out to be a fire early this morning.
Natural gas leak closes Bloor Street West
A Toronto Fire investigation into a natural gas leak closed part of Bloor Street West during Tuesday evening’s rush hour.
Fire hits East York apartment building
A fire broke out in a building on Gamble Avenue near Donlands Road this morning.
When collecting becomes a health hazard
Even when Linda Peters’ 1,000-square-foot basement suite was stacked to the ceiling with furniture and 11 animals lived in the same space with her, she didn’t recognize that she had a problem. “I would drag couches four times bigger than me for blocks down the street home,” she said, “stuff (them) through the front door and stack (them) all up. … I didn’t even realize there was a problem.”
Fire at City Hall causes evacuation of building
A basement fire at Toronto City Hall forced people working in the building to evacuate Thursday.
Six-alarm blaze in west-end mattress factory
The Foamco mattress factory blaze near Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West shows no sign of dying after four hours.
VIDEO: Toronto’s 2014 budget debate starts up with tax hike
The debate for the 2014 budget started on Wednesday at Toronto City Hall with the approval of a 2.71 per cent property tax hike. But there were protests and security guards had to be called in to remove rowdy members of the public.
84 positions, 4 trucks to be cut from Toronto fire services
A motion to add $7.7 million dollars to the proposed fire services budget was struck down Thursday night at city council. Councillors voted instead to add almost $2 million — enough to save one truck.