No injuries have been reported following a 5-alarm electrical fire that spread through an apartment building in Toronto’s west end on Sunday afternoon.
Shortly after 2 p.m., Toronto Fire Services were called to 357 Rusholme Road, a 16-storey residential building in the Bloor Street West and Dovercourt Road area, according to Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop.
“I'm happy to report there are no injuries at this time that have been reported to us and as you can see from behind me, the TFS is starting to clear a number of apparatus and we're downsizing the event.” Jessop said that following the arrival of TFS crews, the incident commander made the decision to shelter residents in their units rather than evacuate the building, due to the large volume of smoke in the stairwells and hallways.
“This was a significant fire and the women and men of TFS did an absolutely outstanding job extinguishing the fire and ventilating the smoke and making sure that, as of right now, given the type of fire we had, their efforts have resulted in not one injury being reported to us.”
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