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Thorncliffe Park fire Power has been cut off at two residential buildings in Thorncliffe Park on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. <\/p>\nFire crews continue to investigate an insulation fire at Thorncliffe Park apartment buildings, prompting precautionary evacuations and power shutoffs. <\/p>\n
A number of residents at two condo buildings in Thorncliffe Park have been evacuated as crews battled a \u201cstubborn\u201d four-alarm fire on Thursday that resulted in a power outage.<\/p>\n
Toronto Fire Service (TFS) said they responded to 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr. shortly after 1:30 p.m. and, upon arrival, encountered smoke on multiple levels.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found higher amounts of smoke in the underground, and it appeared the fire (0:22) origin might have been caused by electrical,\u201d TFS Acting Division Commander Robert Hewson told CTV News Toronto.<\/p>\n
As a result, Toronto Hydro crews were called to shut off the power to the building and 21 Overlea Blvd, where the fire spread.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough investigation and firefighting efforts, we now realize that there is an insulation burning in between the walls. It\u2019s very stubborn, slow fire,\u201d Hewson said. \u201cWe\u2019re on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fire, he noted, is producing increased levels of carbon monoxide, prompting them to evacuate floors three, four and five in one building and floors three, four and a couple of penthouses in the other.<\/p>\n
Thorncliffe Park fire Power has been cut off at two residential buildings in Thorncliffe Park on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe did this on a precautionary basis because of the (CO) levels on the floor we read. We brought them down into a safer place to shelter in TTC buses,\u201d Hewson said.<\/p>\n
He noted that about 70 units were displaced but could not confirm the exact number of residents.<\/p>\n
No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n
There is no estimated time when residents could return to their homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still working on it. We do have (Toronto Hydro) with us testing the hydro systems right now in one of the buildings,\u201d Hewson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is going smoothly for us but a little bit too early to tell that. We\u2019re still working on scaling it down.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cause, origin and circumstances of the fire are unknown.<\/p>\n
Sheen Sotea lives at 21 Overlea Blvd. She was watching TV when the alarm in her unit went off. <\/p>\n
Sotea recounted that she thought it was a fire drill or a false alarm until she smelled smoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went down because I can\u2019t really breathe properly inside,\u201d she told CP24. When she got to the lobby, everyone was there waiting for information about what was happening.<\/p>\n
Sotea is concerned that the power outage could take hours or days to resolve.<\/p>\n
Anna Arella said the smell of smoke in her unit did not bother her, so she decided to shelter in place. She only left when the power went out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was doing the schoolwork. It\u2019s exam season, so it\u2019s been hard not being able to charge my computer and do work,\u201d Arella said.<\/p>\n
Toronto Hydro, in a statement, said once the fire has been fully contained, they will assess the impacted equipment and determine the next steps for repair.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor safety, Toronto Hydro disconnected power to the damaged equipment, which is currently impacting less than 20 customers, including some multi-residential buildings,\u201d Toronto Hydro said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time, we don\u2019t have an estimated time of restoration, but we appreciate everyone\u2019s patience as we work with Toronto Fire to assess and address the damage.\u201d<\/p>\n
With files from Beatrice Vaisman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire crews continue to investigate an insulation fire at Thorncliffe Park apartment buildings, prompting precautionary evacuations and power…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-312230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}