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Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today
Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today

Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today

Date8/19/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000603F
Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II
Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II
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