Wed 20 Feb 2008
Six-Alarm Fire Still Burning on Queen West
Posted by sookie under breaking news
A fire that broke out this morning at 5AM continues to burn on Queen Street West at Portland between Spadina and Bathurst. All residents were evacuated and no one was injured but damage to this historic stretch has spead to at least 15 businessess including Duke’s Cycle, Suspect Video, a headshop and pizza place. It is so bad these buildings can not likely be salvaged. Firefighters, who are still working hard to contain the blaze, revealled that there is some explosive material within one of the buildings but will not comment on what that material might be. Surrounding streets are closed to traffic.
Photo by aardvark.
Update: More photos available through fourONEsixSTYLE.
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February 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Thanks for sharing this story. It’s so sad to say goodbye to Suspect on Queen.
Dave