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A fireman runs from exploding drums of chemical solvents in the multi-million-dollar fire yesterday at the Ashland Oil Canada plant in York Borough in(...)
A fireman runs from exploding drums of chemical solvents in the multi-million-dollar fire yesterday at the Ashland Oil Canada plant in York Borough in(...)

A fireman runs from exploding drums of chemical solvents in the multi-million-dollar fire yesterday at the Ashland Oil Canada plant in York Borough in(...)

Date5/14/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: A fireman runs from exploding drums of chemical solvents in the multi-million-dollar fire yesterday at the Ashland Oil Canada plant in York Borough in which one worker was killed and three others probably were. About 100 York and North York firemen braved death for five hours in the searing heat of orange fireballs; topped by a swirling column of blue-black smoke that could be seen in Hamilton.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000576F
Atop aerial ladder, a fireman continues to pour water on the fire at Ashland Oil Canada s chemical plant despite a drum of volatile solvent exploding (...)
Atop aerial ladder, a fireman continues to pour water on the fire at Ashland Oil Canada s chemical plant despite a drum of volatile solvent exploding (...)
5/14/1973
A column of smoke, visible over a large area of Metro, rises from the flaming ruins of the Ashland Oil Co
A column of smoke, visible over a large area of Metro, rises from the flaming ruins of the Ashland Oil Co
5/14/1973
Breath of life. A fireman gives oxygen to a woman before helping her from a Homewood Ave. apartment fire yesterday. More than 30 tenants stayed in a T(...)
Breath of life. A fireman gives oxygen to a woman before helping her from a Homewood Ave. apartment fire yesterday. More than 30 tenants stayed in a T(...)
2/3/1985
Overcome by smoke inhalation while fighting a fire in a North York townhouse that forced six persons to flee their home, fireman Frank Hall is assiste(...)
Overcome by smoke inhalation while fighting a fire in a North York townhouse that forced six persons to flee their home, fireman Frank Hall is assiste(...)
4/30/1973
Hot foot on high. Flames bursting from the window of a Wellington St. W. plant hasten the steps of a fireman climbing to the roof to battle the three-(...)
Hot foot on high. Flames bursting from the window of a Wellington St. W. plant hasten the steps of a fireman climbing to the roof to battle the three-(...)
12/20/1963
Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)
Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)
7/29/1970
Injured fireman Bernie Baione, struck by flying debris, gets help from an ambulance attendant at the scene of a devastating fire that ripped through t(...)
Injured fireman Bernie Baione, struck by flying debris, gets help from an ambulance attendant at the scene of a devastating fire that ripped through t(...)
5/9/1977
Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away, but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temper(...)
Coldest spot in town. A house is on fire only feet away, but fireman Wallace Gardiner finds it hard to believe as water sprays him in near-zero temper(...)
1/8/1973
Image shows three firefighters working on scene while fire is destroying houses.
Fire destroyed four homes and a lumberyard near Dufferin and Dupont Sts. early today and raged out of control for more than three hours. One fireman was taken to hospital.
6/14/1980
Fireman gets helping hand. Jimmy Challis, one of four Toronto firemen injured today fighting a fire in seven frame houses on Moutray Ave. in the Colle(...)
Fireman gets helping hand. Jimmy Challis, one of four Toronto firemen injured today fighting a fire in seven frame houses on Moutray Ave. in the Colle(...)
2/21/1977
A Heroic fireman was too late. A 6-month-old baby died after a fire in this Gerrard St. E. home where a firefighter gropes desperately for a ladder. F(...)
A Heroic fireman was too late. A 6-month-old baby died after a fire in this Gerrard St. E. home where a firefighter gropes desperately for a ladder. F(...)
10/16/1974
Oil Drums, the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere
Oil Drums, the scourge of the north and worth about 12 dollars apiece pile up everywhere
11/29/1973