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Close call. Scarborough firefighters acted quickly last week to put out a blaze that would otherwise have done much more than the estimated $50,000 da(...)
Close call. Scarborough firefighters acted quickly last week to put out a blaze that would otherwise have done much more than the estimated $50,000 da(...)

Close call. Scarborough firefighters acted quickly last week to put out a blaze that would otherwise have done much more than the estimated $50,000 da(...)

Date6/21/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Close call. Scarborough firefighters acted quickly last week to put out a blaze that would otherwise have done much more than the estimated $50,000 damage to a house on Craggview Dr. A teenager accidentally dropped a burning cigarette on gas leaking from a power lawn mower.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108019F
Raging blaze, Toronto firefighters on aerial ladders battle a spectacular fire that gutted a three-storey vacant house near the corner of Jarvis and D(...)
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