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Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today
Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today

Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today

Date8/19/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Resident gasps for air as smoke billows out of window below in the fatal fire at Plaza II hotel and apartment complex today.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000603F
      Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II
      Trapped: Woman gasps for fresh air as she waits desperately to be rescued from 3-alarm fire at downtown Hotel Plaza II
      Bull, Ron
      8/19/1982
      Heather Douglas, 20, leans out third-floor window as smoke billows
      Heather Douglas, 20, leans out third-floor window as smoke billows
      Dutton, Don
      1/8/1977
      $750,000 Blaze: Smoke billows into the air as Hamilton firefighters train their hoses on a fire in an empty warehouse yesterday
      $750,000 Blaze: Smoke billows into the air as Hamilton firefighters train their hoses on a fire in an empty warehouse yesterday
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/11/1992
      Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)
      Smoke billows into the sky above Roseland Public School in the borough of York today as fire gutted the 50-year-old building, displacing more than 600(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/29/1970
      Smoke Billows from St. Lawrence Hall last night while firemen fight a blaze that broke out in the attic, drove more than 300 people out of the buildin(...)
      Smoke Billows from St. Lawrence Hall last night while firemen fight a blaze that broke out in the attic, drove more than 300 people out of the buildin(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      10/2/1973
      Dense Smoke billows out of Postal Terminal A at Bay and Front Sts
      Dense Smoke billows out of Postal Terminal A at Bay and Front Sts
      Spremo, Boris
      11/25/1974
      19-year-old Paola De Felice gasps and bursts into tears as she is pronounced winner of the title Miss Chin Italia 1984 at Ontario Place last night. Ru(...)
      19-year-old Paola De Felice gasps and bursts into tears as she is pronounced winner of the title Miss Chin Italia 1984 at Ontario Place last night. Ru(...)
      Eglinton, Rick
      7/23/1984
      Jungle scene brought gasps of delight from crowd lining the parade route
      Jungle scene brought gasps of delight from crowd lining the parade route
      Bull, Ron
      8/2/1980
      Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
      Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
      Spremo, Boris
      2/14/1970
      Probe of fatal fire. One of the worst fires in Toronto's history gutted the Avonmore hotel at Jarvis and Gerrard Sts. early today, taking the lives of(...)
      Probe of fatal fire. One of the worst fires in Toronto's history gutted the Avonmore hotel at Jarvis and Gerrard Sts. early today, taking the lives of(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/1/1940
      Smoke pours from window of the Ford Hotel yesterday as fireman on hydraulic ladder leans forward to rescue guest perched on seventh-floor window ledge(...)
      Smoke pours from window of the Ford Hotel yesterday as fireman on hydraulic ladder leans forward to rescue guest perched on seventh-floor window ledge(...)
      Norris, Dave
      5/11/1969
      Architect Irving Grossman, who believes high-rise apartments should provide residents with a feeling of identification, discusses plans for the YWCA's 14-storey complex for single working people with two of his advisers
      Architect Irving Grossman, who believes high-rise apartments should provide residents with a feeling of identification, discusses plans for the YWCA's 14-storey complex for single working people with two of his advisers
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/9/1972