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No injuries in rooftop explosion, fire in downtown Toronto

By Thomson Reuters Mar 27, 2026 | 5:39 PM

TORONTO, March 27 (Reuters) – A pair of explosions on the roof of ​a downtown Toronto building ‌prompted an emergency response on Friday but no one was injured, officials said.

Emergency crews ‌responded ​after two explosions ⁠were heard ⁠and a billowing plume of smoke could be seen rising from a six-story ​commercial building in a densely populated area close ⁠to the ⁠city’s financial district.

Deepak Chagger, ​a spokesperson with Toronto Fire ​Services, said the fire ‌broke out in an area of the roof where construction work was ⁠taking place. He said three propane cylinders had ruptured as a ⁠result ‌of the fire.

Fire ⁠crews extinguished the fire ​and ‌there were no injuries ​reported, ⁠Chagger said.

(Reporting by Ryan Jones and Ismail Shakil; Writing by Christian Martinez; Editing by Scott Malone and ​Edmund Klamann)