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Pulled from blaze
Pulled from blaze

Pulled from blaze

Date6/2/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pulled from blaze: North York firefighters tend to fire captain Andrew Desiauriers after he was rescued from a burning Don Mills office building last night. Desiauriers is in critical condition.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000778F
Brush with death. With flames licking at their backs and toxic black smoke belching around them, firemen fled and were pulled from a Parliament St. bu(...)
Brush with death. With flames licking at their backs and toxic black smoke belching around them, firemen fled and were pulled from a Parliament St. bu(...)
2/27/1980
Firefighters rescue a man from a spectacular blaze at Queen and Parliament Sts
Firefighters rescue a man from a spectacular blaze at Queen and Parliament Sts
12/23/1989
Visible for miles, smoke rises from the blaze that gutted York borough s Roseland Public School today as firemen train their hoses on the roof. The 50(...)
Visible for miles, smoke rises from the blaze that gutted York borough s Roseland Public School today as firemen train their hoses on the roof. The 50(...)
7/29/1970
Seniors flee blaze. Wrapped in blankets from emergency crews, seniors wait outside their Bathurst St. building, near Sheppard Ave., In North York afte(...)
Seniors flee blaze. Wrapped in blankets from emergency crews, seniors wait outside their Bathurst St. building, near Sheppard Ave., In North York afte(...)
5/13/1993
13 houses lost. Flames leap from house to house after a blaze broke out at a Mississauga construction site today. Damage to 13 houses was estimated at(...)
13 houses lost. Flames leap from house to house after a blaze broke out at a Mississauga construction site today. Damage to 13 houses was estimated at(...)
5/14/1981
Sitting down on the job. Fireman had to keep low to avoid the thick, acrid smoke from a blaze in the parts warehouse of a Mississauga auto company yes(...)
Sitting down on the job. Fireman had to keep low to avoid the thick, acrid smoke from a blaze in the parts warehouse of a Mississauga auto company yes(...)
11/11/1977
$45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)
$45,000 blaze. Traffic was tied up for nearly two hours on Queen St. E. near Parliament St. during lunch hour yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a(...)
10/11/1979
Injured firefighter pulled to safety
Injured firefighter pulled to safety
2/27/1980
Six members of this family died in early-morning blaze in North York
Six members of this family died in early-morning blaze in North York
11/22/1972
Firefighters try in vain yesterday to quench the blaze that s been burning out of control near Hagersville since Monday
Firefighters try in vain yesterday to quench the blaze that s been burning out of control near Hagersville since Monday
2/13/1990
Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
2/22/1990
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
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
6/23/1991