Six photos of a six-alarm fire near Dufferin and Eglinton
Six photos of a six-alarm fire near Dufferin and Eglinton
Since around 8:30 this morning, Toronto firefighters have been trying put out a large blaze at Foamco, a memory-foam mattress factory at 198 Fairbank Avenue, just a block north of Dufferin and Eglinton. As of when this post was written, crews still hadn’t managed to extinguish the fire, which had been upgraded to six alarms—the maximum level of severity, according to the scale used by the city to measure these things.
Here, a gallery of images of the massive smoke plume, culled from Twitter and Instagram.
See all 6 images »
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- A close-up view of Toronto Fire's attempt to control the blaze.
- (Image: <a href="https://twitter.com/Toronto_Fire/status/449237585907286016">@Toronto_Fire</a>/Twitter)
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- Here's a slightly longer view
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- And here's what the plume looked like from a little further away.
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- Toronto mattress factory fire
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- And here's a view from somewhere near Yonge and Bloor
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- This appears top have been taken on a balcony several kilometres away
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- And the ultra-long view
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Since around 8:30 this morning, Toronto firefighters have been trying put out a large blaze at Foamco, a memory-foam mattress factory at 198 Fairbank Avenue, just a block north of Dufferin and Eglinton. As of when this post was written, crews still hadn't managed to extinguish the fire, which had been upgraded to six alarms—the maximum level of severity, according to the scale used by the city to measure these things.
Here, a gallery of images of the massive smoke plume, culled from Twitter and Instagram.
See all 6 images »
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