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The fire on Queen Street West near Bathurst is all over<\/a> the news<\/a> today<\/a>. Five buildings are seriously damaged, Duke’s Cycle is gone and the building it occupied has collapsed. Nearby buildings are also in danger of collapse. I was on the scene for a little bit this morning where I heard numerous rumours flying around that the cause was due to a crack-den apartment, or a drug lab, or a garbage bin fire. Still no official cause has been given. Read: The Star<\/a>, CBC<\/a>, and Sun<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n

Our friends at Torontoist have a great series of photos<\/a> from the scene that are worth checking out. Spacing photographer Miles Storey was also snapping photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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