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A firefighter, left, carries out charred furniture as a distraught Doreen Swergosh, right, weeps in the lobby of a Triller Ave, building after fleeing(...)

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A firefighter, left, carries out charred furniture as a distraught Doreen Swergosh, right, weeps in the lobby of a Triller Ave, building after fleeing(...)

Date7/2/1991

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: A firefighter; left; carries out charred furniture as a distraught Doreen Swergosh; right; weeps in the lobby of a Triller Ave; building after fleeing from a fire in her 22nd-floor apartment yesterday. Investigators blamed careless smoking for the $65;000 blaze; which broke out about 7:30 a.m.

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