High-rise Building
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Damage caused to Winnipeg high rise, as one resident recounts life-changing experienceWinnipeg fire crews remained on the scene of a fire in a high-rise building on Stradbrook Avenue until early Friday morning. The building sustained significant damage in the blaze.FireAug 18, 2023
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London, Ont., high rise proposal has heritage advocates feeling lowFarhi Holdings Corporation has proposed a 40-storey building on Ridout Street North, but heritage advocates say the development will damage nearby heritage areas.CanadaMay 30, 2021
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Power, water slowly being restored to Toronto highrise after 3-day outageJessop warned residents to not plug electrical appliances back in at once, or turn all devices on at the same time, because that could force a setback in the process.CanadaJan 25, 2019
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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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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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Careless smoking leads to spike in balcony fires in 2017: Toronto Fire ServicesOfficials say the alarming increase is attributed to carelessly discarded cigarettes from the units above.CanadaJun 7, 2017
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