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Fire crews are battling a 3-alarm blaze at a building in Etobicoke that was previously leased to the Toronto Humber Yacht Club, a controversial 70-year-old club that attracted years of community complaints.
Crews responded to calls of an active fire inside a building near Humber Valley Road and Glenaden Avenue E. around 4:50 a.m., said Toronto police on social media.
Toronto Fire said crews are using relay pumping, moving water from one firetruck to another truck towards the blaze, as the building is far from hydrants.
The “bulk” of the fire had been knocked down as of 6:34 a.m., according to Toronto Fire on social media.
The incident was upgraded to a 3-alarm fire given the size of the fire and the amount of resources being used to extinguish it, said Toronto Fire.
No injuries have been reported at this time, they said. Police are urging people in the area to use alternate routes.
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Last month, Toronto city council voted to end a month-to-month lease with the Toronto Humber Yacht Club after years of complaints about environmental concerns.
Council voted to develop a plan to explore other uses for the land that it occupies, balancing “recreational opportunities with ecological protection, flood risk management, and the long-term resilience of the Humber River.”
