Unattended candles suspected in 2-alarm East York fire

by The Bulldog • September 15, 2015

Neighbors sent pictures to Twitter Tuesday morning

Fire crews have extinguished a fire on Torrens Ave in East York Tuesday morning. It appears that candles left burning may have ignited the two-alarm fire in the Pape Avenue and O’Connor Drive area.

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