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Ed007Toronto
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Was just at Dundas Square. Fire on the 5th floor of the HNR building. Lots of smoke and many fire fighters on the scene.
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thenay
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thats not good, how bad is it? 
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ganjavih
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I was just there, there didn't seem to be a lot of external damage. You could see and smell the smoke though.
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spmarshall
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Hmm. I work in the immediate area of HNR. If I see damage, I'll get some shots.
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Ed007Toronto
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Not so bad. Perhaps one office. Some broken windows and some blackened exterior.
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miketoronto
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It was a three alarm blaze. The news said the fire got out of hand, because the office it happened in had very high security locks, due to the diamond store or something, and firefighters could not get in easy.
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GregWTravels
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There was a article in the Breaking News section of the Star this morning that is no longer accessible from the main page, but I have the link in my history...
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs...=News/News
Major fire at Dundas Square
Jun. 6, 2006. 05:58 AM
LINDA NGUYEN
STAFF REPORTER
More than thirty fire trucks were sent to battle a large fire around 10:30 last night in one of the busiest areas of Toronto.
The fire started in an older office building bordering Dundas Square at Yonge and Dundas Sts.
The building, which houses a number of offices, had to be evacuated.
There have been no reports of injuries, police said.
A section of nearby Victoria St. was shut down for most of the night.
The damage is estimated to be at $100,000, police say.
The investigation is ongoing and the cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs...=News/News
Major fire at Dundas Square
Jun. 6, 2006. 05:58 AM
LINDA NGUYEN
STAFF REPORTER
More than thirty fire trucks were sent to battle a large fire around 10:30 last night in one of the busiest areas of Toronto.
The fire started in an older office building bordering Dundas Square at Yonge and Dundas Sts.
The building, which houses a number of offices, had to be evacuated.
There have been no reports of injuries, police said.
A section of nearby Victoria St. was shut down for most of the night.
The damage is estimated to be at $100,000, police say.
The investigation is ongoing and the cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
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alklay
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A radio report I heard stated that the building owner has no insurance (and thus he was quite upset. Don't expect the exterior black mess to be fixed up in a hurry).
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GregWTravels
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I couldn't find it anywhere on the web. What's HNR stand for?
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boiler2000
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Is this building heritage-designated?
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building babel
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Hinsurance Not Required.
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mark simpson
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boggles the mind that a building/complex built by an optic lense manufacturer and facing sunny dundas square not have insurance
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spmarshall
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The damage is on the Victoria Street side - couldn't tell at all from Dundas Square itself. Most floors look occupied, as if nothing happened. A few broken windows and very noticible fire blackened brick. Sidewalk is still closed on that side.
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miketoronto
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Well the building was not in the best shape before the fire. Actually the building was in pretty down and out shape, so it makes sense there is no insurance. Because if the owners had cared, they would never have let the building decline to the state it is in.
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mark simpson
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"Actually the building was in pretty down and out shape, so it makes sense there is no insurance."
Actually it doesn't make much sense
"Because if the owners had cared"
probably a case of not enough cash flow to keep up with maintenance in additon to an unwillingness to part and move on (a look at the 10 storey annex shows that someone must care)
Actually it doesn't make much sense
"Because if the owners had cared"
probably a case of not enough cash flow to keep up with maintenance in additon to an unwillingness to part and move on (a look at the 10 storey annex shows that someone must care)