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Image Not Available for Fire lit up the sky
Fire lit up the sky
Image Not Available for Fire lit up the sky

Fire lit up the sky

Date8/28/1969
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000356F
Image Not Available for A spectacular chemical fire in Aurora last night lights up the sky
A spectacular chemical fire in Aurora last night lights up the sky
12/15/1992
Image Not Available for Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)
Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)
7/29/1970
Image Not Available for Firemen reach for the sky yesterday to battle a fire atop the Maple Leaf Mills giant waterfront grain elevators
Firemen reach for the sky yesterday to battle a fire atop the Maple Leaf Mills giant waterfront grain elevators
5/10/1972
Image Not Available for Fatal blast: Flames shot 60 feet into the sky late last night after an explosion at McAsphalt Industries Ltd
Fatal blast: Flames shot 60 feet into the sky late last night after an explosion at McAsphalt Industries Ltd
6/15/1982
Image Not Available for Tire smoke blackens sky near airport, Think, black smoke rises above a vacant lot near Toronto International Airport yesterday as firemen battle blaze(...)
Tire smoke blackens sky near airport, Think, black smoke rises above a vacant lot near Toronto International Airport yesterday as firemen battle blaze(...)
7/16/1974
Image Not Available for Wrecking yard catches fire. Firemen turn their nozzles on a 30-metre (100-foot) pile of tires that caught fire yesterday and sent up a large plume of (...)
Wrecking yard catches fire. Firemen turn their nozzles on a 30-metre (100-foot) pile of tires that caught fire yesterday and sent up a large plume of (...)
7/11/1986
Image Not Available for Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
July 8, 1975
Image Not Available for Up to $100,000-worth of merchandise is piled up in Cobalt s arena awaiting the needs of burned-out and homeless victims of Monday s fire. The supplies(...)
Up to $100,000-worth of merchandise is piled up in Cobalt s arena awaiting the needs of burned-out and homeless victims of Monday s fire. The supplies(...)
5/27/1977
Image Not Available for Fire strikes rooming house. Firemen fighting a blaze today on the top floor of a three-storey rooming-house on Pembroke St. carry up a fan to pull out(...)
Fire strikes rooming house. Firemen fighting a blaze today on the top floor of a three-storey rooming-house on Pembroke St. carry up a fan to pull out(...)
4/10/1975
Image Not Available for Pillar of smoke. Smoke could be seen for up to five miles today from a fire in a westend Toronto tire scrapyard. Lack of water pressure hampered firem(...)
Pillar of smoke. Smoke could be seen for up to five miles today from a fire in a westend Toronto tire scrapyard. Lack of water pressure hampered firem(...)
5/26/1980
Image Not Available for Heart of Cobalt lies in ruins after fire yesterday destroyed up to 150 buildings, leaving about 400 people homeless
Heart of Cobalt lies in ruins after fire yesterday destroyed up to 150 buildings, leaving about 400 people homeless
5/23/1977
Image Not Available for Arsonist s victims: Fire captain James Coles, left, breathes oxygen after being overcome by smoke while fighting fires set by an arsonist at the Harbour Castle Hilton last night
Arsonist s victims: Fire captain James Coles, left, breathes oxygen after being overcome by smoke while fighting fires set by an arsonist at the Harbour Castle Hilton last night
5/19/1983