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Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze

Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze

Date2/22/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000539F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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