High Park homeowner using blowtorch on porch causes roof fire
Posted May 23, 2015 4:10 pm.
Last Updated May 23, 2015 7:04 pm.
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A fire in the High Park neighbourhood was caused by a blowtorch, Toronto Fire says.
The fire broke out on Pine Crest Road between Glenlake and Quebec Avenues on Saturday around 1 p.m.
The homeowner was using a blowtorch on the front porch and the fire got up into the roof.
Forty-five firefighters in 12 trucks attended and there were no injuries.