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Wall Collapse, Totonto, Ontario, Canada

Wall Collapse, Totonto, Ontario, Canada

Wall Collapse, Totonto, Ontario, Canada

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from the Toronto Globe and Mail:

Police have blocked off a busy downtown Toronto street after the outer brick wall of a building collapsed onto the sidewalk below.

The lunch-hour collapse sent bricks crashing down from the second-storey facade. Patrons of a ground-level restaurant in the Gould Street building, the recently opened Tatami Sushi, called police and fled into the street.

Police said everyone has been evacuated from the building and no one had been seriously injured. However, emergency crews were checking on reports that someone may have been on the sidewalk when the collapse happened.

"It's always a possibility," Superintendent John Tanouye told reporters at the scene.

Police have closed off Yonge Street and Gould Street, a busy area in downtown Toronto near Ryerson University and Yonge-Dundas Square.

"It could be hours. It could be blocked off for days," Supt. Tanouye said.

Supt. Tanouye said police are worried further damage to the building could occur. The large structure houses several other businesses, including the popular Salad King restaurant. Photos of the building showed a gaping hole in its outer wall, exposing pink insulation, and a large pile of rubble covering the sidewalk.

A man who was dining in the restaurant said the room filled with dust and everyone inside escaped unharmed.

"Basically we just walked out one at a time checking to make sure there was nothing else going to fall," Chris Sidey told TV station CP24.

A man who works at a pizza store across the street said he saw a woman walking on the far side of the street who was "flipped over" by the impact but was unhurt. He said the collapse created a "very big noise" and "lots of dust."

The worker said he believed a sign had been installed on the facade and began leaning toward the street. The approximately 10 by eight metre section of the wall then collapsed, he said.

With reports from The Canadian Press

 

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