High-rise Fire
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Winnipeg crews tackle early morning structure firesWinnipeg firefighters were kept busy in the early hours of Tuesday with a pair of structure fires.FireJul 18, 2023
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Two hospitalized after fire at Manitoba Housing high-riseTwo people were taken to hospital after a fire in a sixth-floor suite at a Marion Street high-rise Friday morning.FireOct 21, 2022
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Smoking suspected as cause of blaze at Hamilton high-rise'Careless use of smokers materials' is suspected as the source of a high-rise fire in central Hamilton resulting in an estimated $225,000 in damage.CanadaOct 25, 2021
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2 people seriously injured after fire at Toronto high-rise, paramedics sayEmergency crews were called to a building in the area of Bleecker and Wellesley streets around noon Saturday.CanadaDec 26, 2020
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1,500 Toronto residents displaced after 6-alarm high-rise fire in St. James TownFire Chief Matthew Pegg said Tuesday night the blaze caused significant damage to the building's systems.CanadaAug 22, 2018
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Toronto fire chief says 6-alarm high-rise blaze extinguished, up to 1,500 people displacedToronto Fire Services responded to a call around 12:51 p.m. on Tuesday at 650 Parliament St., just south of Bloor Street East.CanadaAug 21, 2018
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Grenfell Tower residents told to ‘stay put’ during deadly fire, but report says that was wrongResidents who called the London Fire Brigade in the early stages were advised to stay put in their apartments, in line with the standard policy for fires in high-rise residential blocks.WorldJun 4, 2018
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Deadly fire at Plasco building in Tehran caused by electrical issues: reportThe report said the building's electrical and heating systems and fire safety regulations were not up to standard.WorldAug 30, 2017
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1 dead after fire at high-rise in Toronto’s west endOne person is dead following a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building in Toronto's west-end early Tuesday morning.CanadaJul 25, 2017
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Stay put and wait for instructions? London fire casts doubt on high-rise ruleThe catastrophic blaze at a London apartment tower has brought new scrutiny to a long-accepted, counter-intuitive rule for people in tall buildingsFireJun 17, 2017
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