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Are you next? Detectors can prevent house fires like this one that killed a Scarborough man last year
Are you next? Detectors can prevent house fires like this one that killed a Scarborough man last year

Are you next? Detectors can prevent house fires like this one that killed a Scarborough man last year

Date3/12/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Are you next? Detectors can prevent house fires like this one that killed a Scarborough man last year.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000686F
      Dr. Walter Unger. Installed fire detectors
      Dr. Walter Unger. Installed fire detectors
      Darrell, Dick
      6/29/1974
      Doris Boudreau walks through one of the detectors at Toronto International Airport's new Terminal 2 yesterday
      Doris Boudreau walks through one of the detectors at Toronto International Airport's new Terminal 2 yesterday
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/29/1973
      Two smoke detectors in every home will get your family out before this happens
      Two smoke detectors in every home will get your family out before this happens
      Spremo, Boris
      5/10/1977
      Protective Equipment: Security guards Ryan Morris Ryan Morris and Janice Mendes, both 21, now use metal detectors and bulletproof vests in many Metro-area bars
      Protective Equipment: Security guards Ryan Morris Ryan Morris and Janice Mendes, both 21, now use metal detectors and bulletproof vests in many Metro-area bars
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/3/1992
      Death blaze. One man killed and another seriously injured in a fire early today at an abandoned house on Broadview Ave. Firefighters had to use chains(...)
      Death blaze. One man killed and another seriously injured in a fire early today at an abandoned house on Broadview Ave. Firefighters had to use chains(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      n.d.
      Three forest fires can be seen from plane flying over the Swastika Forest District, where two fires are raging out of control and 13 are considered un(...)
      Three forest fires can be seen from plane flying over the Swastika Forest District, where two fires are raging out of control and 13 are considered un(...)
      Bull, Ron
      5/25/1972
      A man has been charged with second-degree murder after a fire in a west-end apartment building that killed one woman and left 60 people homeless
      A man has been charged with second-degree murder after a fire in a west-end apartment building that killed one woman and left 60 people homeless
      Slaughter, Mike
      4/27/1988
      Heather Phyllis of Scarborough fires a gun from between two noise shields
      Heather Phyllis of Scarborough fires a gun from between two noise shields
      Goode, Jeff
      11/11/1974
      Fatal crash. Tangled wreckage marks the spot where a 30-year-old Scarborough man was killed when his car was hit yesterday by a CN Dayliner at a level(...)
      Fatal crash. Tangled wreckage marks the spot where a 30-year-old Scarborough man was killed when his car was hit yesterday by a CN Dayliner at a level(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      12/4/1978
      Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspect(...)
      Firefighers run with one of the victims to an ambulance after a morning house fire killed two people and put five others in hospital. Arson is suspect(...)
      Brazao, Dale
      3/9/1989
      John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
      John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
      Stawicki, Andrew
      7/21/1988
      Fiery explosion: One workman was killed and another seriously burned when the flick of a cigarette lighter touched off the explosion of a huge chemical tank in Scarborough last Monday
      Fiery explosion: One workman was killed and another seriously burned when the flick of a cigarette lighter touched off the explosion of a huge chemical tank in Scarborough last Monday
      Lennon, Frank
      6/20/1982