{"id":549681,"date":"2026-03-20T20:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549681\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:05:18","slug":"video-empty-highrise-apartment-building-goes-up-in-smoke-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549681\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Empty highrise apartment building goes up in smoke in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire broke out at an empty highrise apartment building in Brampton, with thick black smoke seen pouring out of the building.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze happened shortly before 9 a.m. on Friday in the area of Steeles Avenue West and Axelrod Avenue in Brampton, Peel Regional Police say. Videos posted online show a large plume of black smoke billowing from the highrise, with Brampton Fire and Emergency crews and police on the scene.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brampton fire, Steeles and Mcmurchy this morning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/brampton?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#brampton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bramptonfire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#bramptonfire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/steeles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#steeles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ZcRSNdOze\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1ZcRSNdOze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tamara reave (@MagnumTam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnumTam\/status\/2035043051438014837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peel police told INsauga.com that the building was unoccupied, and a spokesperson with Peel Regional Paramedic Services says they were stood down. No patients were transported to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Road closures are in place at both eastbound and westbound Steeles Avenue at Axelrod Avenue. Police haven\u2019t said when the closures are expected to lift, and say drivers should avoid the area and find alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FIRE:<br \/>\u2013 Steeles avenue West and Axelrod Avenue in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Brampton?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Brampton<\/a><br \/>\u2013 Un-occupied residential fire<br \/>\u2013 No injuries reported<br \/>\u2013 Road closures: East\/West Steeles Avenue from Axelrod Avenue<br \/>\u2013 Use alternate routes<br \/>\u2013 C\/R at 08:57 p.m<br \/>\u2013 PR260095528<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeelPolice\/status\/2034988593135997111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774025958_440_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 33,833 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,263,271 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    864 VOTES<br \/>\n    Will Pierre Poilievre\u2019s Joe Rogan appearance help or hurt him?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire broke out at an empty highrise apartment building in Brampton, with thick black smoke seen pouring out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-549681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549681","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=549681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}