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More than 200 apartments at a high-rise building are without electricity after a five-alarm fire in Toronto on Sunday afternoon.
Toronto police said the fire broke out at around 2:19 p.m., at an apartment building in the Rusholme Road and Bloor Street West area.
Toronto’s deputy fire chief Jim Jessop told reporters on Sunday that the fire was “electrical in nature,” and was quickly escalated to a 5-alarm fire.
Police initially said officers received reports of an explosion in the electrical room of the building, however, fire officials said it was not immediately clear whether an explosion took place.
The residents were told to shelter in place, and were not evacuated, Jessop said, adding that no injuries had been reported.
However, 267 units of the building have been left without power, according to Jessop.
Late Sunday afternoon, fire officials were continuing work to ventilate smoke from the building and were conducting wellness checks.
Investigators are still working to determine the origins of the fire.
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