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Fire protection criticized
Fire protection criticized

Fire protection criticized

Date1/17/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fire protection criticized: Police officer; above; comforts young child in wake of Inn On The Park blaze. Reader; in letter below; calls for an examination of the whole fire-protection system in Ontario.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000589F
Helpful helmet: The Emergency Fire Hood provides protection from smoke and flames
Helpful helmet: The Emergency Fire Hood provides protection from smoke and flames
2/7/1983
A fire captain wheels out ashes in a search for fire victims
A fire captain wheels out ashes in a search for fire victims
1/1/1980
Newcastle fire fighters took about 14 hours to subdue this fire in an auto-parts yard on the Base Line Road, but it could continue to smolder for two weeks
Newcastle fire fighters took about 14 hours to subdue this fire in an auto-parts yard on the Base Line Road, but it could continue to smolder for two weeks
3/23/1992
Just a test: A firefighter puts out a blaze ignited at the Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst to simulate fire conditions at a Mississauga retirement home
Just a test: A firefighter puts out a blaze ignited at the Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst to simulate fire conditions at a Mississauga retirement home
9/14/1995
$400,000 Fire at Church. Damage was estimated at $400,000 in a fire that gutted the 85-year-old Anglican Church of the Messiah at Avenue Rd. and Dupon(...)
$400,000 Fire at Church. Damage was estimated at $400,000 in a fire that gutted the 85-year-old Anglican Church of the Messiah at Avenue Rd. and Dupon(...)
8/5/1976
Fire-blackened radiators lie in the snow after fire burned a nursing home in Coulds, Nfld
Fire-blackened radiators lie in the snow after fire burned a nursing home in Coulds, Nfld
12/26/1976
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
July 8, 1975
Suspect furnace: Fire investigators examine a furnace at the east end of the raceway barn where some thought the fire had started
Suspect furnace: Fire investigators examine a furnace at the east end of the raceway barn where some thought the fire had started
4/2/1992
Peanuts roasted in fire. Firefighters battle a $200,000 fire yesterday at Canada Packers' nut products manufacturing plant on Front St. E. An oven use(...)
Peanuts roasted in fire. Firefighters battle a $200,000 fire yesterday at Canada Packers' nut products manufacturing plant on Front St. E. An oven use(...)
10/8/1987
Daring act: Carla Pacheco, 9, with niece Paula, 3, on her back, was an inspiration for everybody in the way she saved her nephew Victor from a fire, says a fire official
Daring act: Carla Pacheco, 9, with niece Paula, 3, on her back, was an inspiration for everybody in the way she saved her nephew Victor from a fire, says a fire official
6/23/1986
Arsonist s victims: Fire captain James Coles, left, breathes oxygen after being overcome by smoke while fighting fires set by an arsonist at the Harbour Castle Hilton last night
Arsonist s victims: Fire captain James Coles, left, breathes oxygen after being overcome by smoke while fighting fires set by an arsonist at the Harbour Castle Hilton last night
5/19/1983
Wrecking yard catches fire. Firemen turn their nozzles on a 30-metre (100-foot) pile of tires that caught fire yesterday and sent up a large plume of (...)
Wrecking yard catches fire. Firemen turn their nozzles on a 30-metre (100-foot) pile of tires that caught fire yesterday and sent up a large plume of (...)
7/11/1986