U of T building evacuated after smoke fills auditorium
Posted September 8, 2023 12:56 pm.
Last Updated September 8, 2023 1:34 pm.
A University of Toronto building was evacuated on Friday after reports of smoke emanating from a bag.
Toronto Fire tells CityNews its crews responded to the Faculty of Education building at 371 Bloor St. W. near Huron Street after a battery inside a bag began to smoke inside the auditorium.
Crews are now ventilating the building.
No injuries have been reported.
Bloor Street was blocked between Huron and Spadina but has since reopened.
FIRE:
Bloor St + Huron St
11:53 a.m.
– Reports of smoke inside a U of T Schools building
– The building is evacuating
– Police are on scene with @Toronto_Fire
– Bloor is blocked from Huron to Spadina @TTCnotices#GO2099956
^lb— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) September 8, 2023
