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Cooling the ashes. Scarborough firemen hose down still-glowing embers after a two-alarm fire above a Woolworth store at Eglinton Ave. E. and Brimley R(...)
Cooling the ashes. Scarborough firemen hose down still-glowing embers after a two-alarm fire above a Woolworth store at Eglinton Ave. E. and Brimley R(...)

Cooling the ashes. Scarborough firemen hose down still-glowing embers after a two-alarm fire above a Woolworth store at Eglinton Ave. E. and Brimley R(...)

Date2/7/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cooling the ashes. Scarborough firemen hose down still-glowing embers after a two-alarm fire above a Woolworth store at Eglinton Ave. E. and Brimley Rd. today. Damage to offices and the store was put at $1.5 million. The cuase is under investigation. Fire hoses blocked Eglinton through the morning rush-hour and salt had to be spread on the ice-covered pavement before the street could be reopened.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000730F
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