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taken Feb 20, 2008 - Canon 30D
...from 'The Toronto Star ' - Feb 2008 :
Thick and choking black smoke filled the air and was blown across much of the downtown core. It could be seen and smelled for kilometres and even permeated several subway stations for a time.
Many who live in the area got the rudest awakening of their lives, as neighbours and police pounded loudly on doors, screaming for those inside to get out while they could.
And incredibly, they did.
Despite the terrible destruction, no lives were lost and there were no injuries. "First arriving crews had to extricate people from the windows," recalls Fire Chief Bill Stewart.
But what Toronto lost to the massive emergency may be incalculable. Many of the buildings had stood since the 1860s and at least one, Duke's - a renowned family-owned bike store handed down through the generations - had been in the same place for 94 years. It survived two World Wars, the worst weather and Toronto's changing landscape. But it was finally claimed by the flames and nothing could save it. Its walls finally gave way around 7:30am.
...from 'The Toronto Star ' - Feb 2008 :
Thick and choking black smoke filled the air and was blown across much of the downtown core. It could be seen and smelled for kilometres and even permeated several subway stations for a time.
Many who live in the area got the rudest awakening of their lives, as neighbours and police pounded loudly on doors, screaming for those inside to get out while they could.
And incredibly, they did.
Despite the terrible destruction, no lives were lost and there were no injuries. "First arriving crews had to extricate people from the windows," recalls Fire Chief Bill Stewart.
But what Toronto lost to the massive emergency may be incalculable. Many of the buildings had stood since the 1860s and at least one, Duke's - a renowned family-owned bike store handed down through the generations - had been in the same place for 94 years. It survived two World Wars, the worst weather and Toronto's changing landscape. But it was finally claimed by the flames and nothing could save it. Its walls finally gave way around 7:30am.
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So surreal.. thank you for sharing the photo and the story 