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Toronto Fire Services’ Aerial 322 is back in their main truck after running a spare since like November. Their pumper is right behind them.

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Photos of Toronto Fire Services crews on scene at the second alarm highrise residential fire at 266 Donlands Ave on February 8, 2026. The last image is station 323’s new station patch looking sharp on their pumper!

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Toronto Fire Services’ Tower 1 in the process of folding back up after providing lighting at a water rescue at Cherry Beach last night. Multiple heavy rescue squads, as well as the fire boat crew, set up a grid search on the beach and in the water. However, the search was called off when it was determined the missing person in question was safe and sound in Oshawa.

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Photos of Toronto firefighters operating at a commercial/industrial fire last September at 549 Sammon Avenue. I arrived at the scene of this fire before the first-in truck because I was very close by when the call came in.

Those two firefighters who are obviously posing for me asked me to take their photo, and I was happy to oblige! The guy on the left is from station 226, which has a bunch of really friendly crews. One time I was invited to the station to take crew portraits (paid) and then they invited me into the kitchen to hang out and gave me ice cream! I’m always glad when they say hi to me at fires.

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Toronto Fire Services crews on scene at today’s fire at 20 St Joseph Street. Pumper 313 arrived to a small flame showing from the eaves of this building. Crews determined that it was due to faulty wiring and cut the power, which allowed the fire to be extinguished. It did not extend to anywhere else in the building.

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Today, March 5, 2026, marks 1 year since the third alarm fire on Scollard Street in Toronto. I have remastered a selection of the photos that I took at that fire to be more in line with how I edit photos now.

6 townhouses under construction were nearly leveled, and at least 2 more were brutally damaged in a fire that began in the early hours of the morning. It was so hot that cars in front of the houses began to catch fire, and windows across the street shattered. Crews from Station 312 were first in, and they arrived to a wall of flame. A second alarm was immediately called, which would later escalate to a third. Due to the fire already fully engulfing that many structures, thereby becoming very large, the firefighting strategy focused on protecting nearby buildings from catching fire, as well as evacuating any residents in them. Tower 1 was put to work, dumping immense amounts of water on the fire from high above. Despite the truck not being able to be parked very close, Tower 1’s massive boom made up for the distance. Crews remained on scene actively fighting fire for many hours. No injuries occurred at this fire.

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Toronto Fire Services crews and trucks on scene at an elevator rescue last night at 44 Charles Street West. Initially, due to the position of the elevator car, crews determined that it would be necessary to set up rope rescue rigging in the elevator shaft, 30 storeys above the elevator car. However, after setting up that rigging, crews managed to open an elevator door closer to the stuck car, allowing the rescue to take place using a couple ladders rather than the 30-storey rope setup.

Two heavy rescue squads, (S331 and S313) two squad support pumpers (P313 and P143) and a district chief (C33) were on scene at this call, which is a much larger response than a typical, much simpler elevator rescue call which would normally just get a single heavy rescue squad and the closest pumper to take care of any potential medical needs.

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Photos from the second-alarm residential fire at 1177 Bathurst Street on September 29th, 2025.

Crews battled stubborn flames and smoke that extended into the walls and roof of this house. Eventually, they switched to a defensive strategy due to the structural integrity of the floors becoming compromised. This means they fought the fire from the outside, cutting holes in walls and roofs to access the confined spaces the fire had extended into. Eventually though, the fire was declared under control. No injuries were reported.