A man has been captured on video jumping out of window at a multi-storey rooming house after a fire erupted in the building in Toronto on Thursday afternoon.
Toronto police say they received reports of a two-alarm fire around 3 o’clock at Weston Road and Victoria Avenue West.
Residents were evacuating the building through second-storey windows when crews arrived.
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Toronto Fire says the call came in at 2:45 p.m. for reports of curtains on fire.
No injuries have been reported.
The incident caused road closures in both directions on Weston Road.
The TTC responded to provide residents with shelter.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
FIRE: (ROAD CLOSURES)
Weston Rd + Victoria Ave W
– @TTC attending to provide temporary shelter
– Weston Rd closed both directions
– find alternate route of travel
– will update#GO176818
^ep2— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) January 28, 2021