A significant gas leak at the entrance to Michael Garron Hospital’s emergency department has now been capped and evacuated residents can return home, Toronto Fire has confirmed.
Toronto Fire said construction crews working outside the hospital, located at Coxwell and Mortimer avenues, ruptured a natural gas line at around 9:30 a.m.
Dozens of homes in the area were evacuated and students at nearby RH McGregor Elementary School were asked to shelter in place. “Everybody did everything could, as safely as they could, and as quickly as they could,” Jessop told reporters at the scene on Tuesday afternoon.“There was no risk to the school. There was no risk to the East York Civic Centre or any person in the hospital,” Jessop said.The gas intake valves to the hospital were shut off along with the hospital’s ventilation system in order to prevent gas from getting inside the building, officials said.
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