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Deadly fire
Deadly fire

Deadly fire

Date6/2/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Deadly fire: An ambulance crew treats a North York firefighter for smoke inhalation after he was rescued from a smoke-filled building. Besides the firefighter shown above; another man -- a captain -- was rushed to hospital after being trapped inside for 30 minutes.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000784F
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
Daring act: Carla Pacheco, 9, with niece Paula, 3, on her back, was an inspiration for everybody in the way she saved her nephew Victor from a fire, says a fire official
Daring act: Carla Pacheco, 9, with niece Paula, 3, on her back, was an inspiration for everybody in the way she saved her nephew Victor from a fire, says a fire official
6/23/1986
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
Peanuts roasted in fire. Firefighters battle a $200,000 fire yesterday at Canada Packers' nut products manufacturing plant on Front St. E. An oven use(...)
Peanuts roasted in fire. Firefighters battle a $200,000 fire yesterday at Canada Packers' nut products manufacturing plant on Front St. E. An oven use(...)
10/8/1987
Suspect furnace: Fire investigators examine a furnace at the east end of the raceway barn where some thought the fire had started
Suspect furnace: Fire investigators examine a furnace at the east end of the raceway barn where some thought the fire had started
4/2/1992
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
$400,000 Fire at Church. Damage was estimated at $400,000 in a fire that gutted the 85-year-old Anglican Church of the Messiah at Avenue Rd. and Dupon(...)
$400,000 Fire at Church. Damage was estimated at $400,000 in a fire that gutted the 85-year-old Anglican Church of the Messiah at Avenue Rd. and Dupon(...)
8/5/1976
Fire-blackened radiators lie in the snow after fire burned a nursing home in Coulds, Nfld
Fire-blackened radiators lie in the snow after fire burned a nursing home in Coulds, Nfld
12/26/1976
Child rescued from fire. A little boy is carried to safety last night and 100 were evacuated after a candle started a $100,000 fire in a eight-storey Parkdale apartment building
Child rescued from fire. A little boy is carried to safety last night and 100 were evacuated after a candle started a $100,000 fire in a eight-storey Parkdale apartment building
3/31/1991
Rooming house fire injures 4. An emergency crew helps one of four people injured yesterday in a fire on Homewood Ave. In the Jarvis St.-Bloor St. E. a(...)
Rooming house fire injures 4. An emergency crew helps one of four people injured yesterday in a fire on Homewood Ave. In the Jarvis St.-Bloor St. E. a(...)
1/28/1992
An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left t(...)
An Aerial-platform fire truck was used to pluck guests from the 100-year-old Wellington Hotel in Guelph during a $1 million fire yesterday that left t(...)
7/8/1975
Three-alarm fire last night in Oshawa hay have been started deliberately, fire authorities say
Three-alarm fire last night in Oshawa hay have been started deliberately, fire authorities say
1/14/1975