Workers placed metal blue mesh security fences around 82 and 84 Edith Drive New Year’s Day. The two homes were destroyed by a chimney fire which started in No 82 and leaped next door shortly after 7 p.m. New Year’s Eve. The homes sit on the quiet older street east of Eglinton Park at the three-way corner with Helendale Ave. Icy evidence of the bitterly cold evening endured by firefighters was caked on everything at the modest semi-detached homes. Morning sunshine created a glistening spectacle for nearby people and their iPhone and for kids who gathered in Eglinton Park behind the homes. Firefighters tried to contain it but had to get off the roof as flames broke through. As many as 22 trucks and more than 90 firefighters were on scene, trying to keep the fire from spreading to the closely-located neighboring semis. Photo: The South Bayview Bulldog
