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Water leak at Toronto Reference Library

Posted January 16, 2012 8:13 am.

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TORONTO, Ont. – The Toronto fire department is on the scene of a water leak at the Toronto Reference Library, Monday.

The building on Yonge Street, north of Bloor Street, is under renovation and there are worries the leak could damage everything that’s archived in the building.

Workers are putting tarps around the collections to try to protect them.

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