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This pooch just loves fires. A playful neighborhood pooch didn t take the effort seriously as firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze last night in a(...)
This pooch just loves fires. A playful neighborhood pooch didn t take the effort seriously as firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze last night in a(...)

This pooch just loves fires. A playful neighborhood pooch didn t take the effort seriously as firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze last night in a(...)

Date3/25/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: This pooch just loves fires. A playful neighborhood pooch didn t take the effort seriously as firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze last night in an abandoned factory on Bayview Ave. at king St. It kept trying to bite the stream of water. Damage is expected to be about $100;000 in the fire; it engulfed half-acre; two-storey building in minutes.
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Factory Fire. Etobicoke firefighters battle a two-alarm blaze that caused $300.000 damage to a plant in the North Queen St. and Islington Ave. area yesterday
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9/30/1981
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