TORONTO — A Toronto fire truck wound up in a sinkhole just after midnight on Sunday while responding to a broken watermain.
The pumper had pulled into the parking lot outside a daycare near Jane Street and Sheppard Avenue when the ground caved in underneath it.
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Firefighters removed all the water from the pumper to lighten the load and prevent the truck from slipping deeper into the sinkhole. A heavy tow truck eventually pulled it out.
The fire truck was damaged, but no one was hurt.
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