Toronto Fire Services’ Safety Awareness Week kicks off

Posted June 9, 2014 6:50 am.

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Toronto Fire Services is launching its Safety Awareness Week on Monday.

The safety blitz comes on the heels of a deadly fire in a Brampton townhouse complex Sunday morning that killed 10-year-old Nicolas Gabriel and left up to 100 people homeless.

Early Monday a fire spread through two Rexdale garages on Clearbrooke Circle near Kipling and Rexdale just after 3 a.m. Firefighters quickly knocked down the flames. No injuries were reported.

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