Latest fire extinguished at Thorncliffe Park condo, remedial work on hold - BERITAJA

One week aft a 2nd occurrence collapsed retired successful betwixt the walls of a Thorncliffe Park condo complex, occurrence operations person ended and the buildings person been turned complete to spot management.

City of Toronto unit provided the update Monday astatine noon, 1 week aft firefighters were called to the segment of 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr. and 21 Overlea Blvd.

Crews identified a occurrence successful the insulation betwixt the walls of the 2 buildings. Toronto Fire Services said the blaze ignited during remedial activity for an original occurrence that burned for respective weeks precocious past year.

While the insulation was the aforesaid worldly that caught occurrence successful November 2025, Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop assured the 2nd occurrence was not a reignition.

“I want to beryllium very clear, the occurrence backmost successful November was evidently wholly extinguished,” he said astatine a property briefing the time aft the occurrence started. “It has been a number of months, truthful location is perfectly thing to propose that [a continuation of the November fire] astatine all.”

No residents were ordered to evacuate successful the 2nd fire, but immoderate chose to time off their units. Jessop said residents were capable to shelter successful spot because boarding was utilized to isolate the units that were damaged by the first fire.

Some residents stay displaced from the first blaze successful 2025.

“We admit that this incident has been difficult for the community, particularly aft what they knowledgeable precocious past year,” Jessop said. “We want to convey residents for their patience, resilience and co-operation passim the consequence and ongoing betterment efforts.”

Toronto main building charismatic Kamal Gogna antecedently said each remedial activity would beryllium halted until a caller building guidance scheme was produced to thief forestall a akin business from recurring. Staff said Monday that the metropolis continues to prosecute pinch the spot managers’ technologist overseeing remedial activity to nutrient the report.