Early morning fire destroys Toronto home under construction
Posted May 5, 2011 5:37 am.
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TORONTO, On. – An overnight fire destroyed a home under construction in the Bathurst and Eglinton area, Thursday.
The fire at the St. Clements Avenue home began around 2 a.m., and police said flames quickly spread to the neighbouring houses.
Residents in the area had to evacuate their homes while crews battled the blaze, police said.
“All the neighbours started crowding around the streets and watching [the fire]. We had about 20 fire trucks. The whole house – I watched for about an hour with all my neighbours as the house burned down, and both houses on either side caught on fire as well,” one fire witness told 680News.
Toronto Transit Commission buses arrived on the scene to temporarily shelter evacuees and keep them warm.
Some nearby trees also caught fire.
No injures were reported.
