Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, Toronto Fire Services Chief Jim Jessop said city engineers have recommended causing significant damage to units with the adjoining burning wall. We understand this is hard to hear for those impacted, he said. We know residents are eager to return home and we share that urgency, but safety must come first. Jessop has called the five-alarm blaze, which originally started on Nov. 27, one of the more complex he's seen in his career.
He said insulation was slowly burning in the walls and between the two buildings, which has led to smoke and high levels of carbon monoxide. This is going to be a prolonged event every time we thought we had it under control, it came back up, said Jessop, adding residents of both buildings have been evacuated. This is certainly probably the most challenging fire to extinguish that Toronto has seen in years.
Two firefighters sustained minor injuries while responding to a large warehouse fire that broke out in the Red Hook area of Brooklyn on Wednesday night, September 17, according to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). The FDNY said that over 250 firefighters and emergency services personnel responded to a 5-alarm fire at a four-story commercial warehouse on Van Brunt Street.
Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state. It is unusual for federal border agents to make arrests during the fighting of an active fire, especially in a remote area. Jesus, one would hope so.
