Pandemonium at Bloor / Parliament - subway kills person, ongoing fire

July 17, 2020
Toronto

Two tragic, but seemingly unrelated events occured within an hour of each other near Bloor and Parliament between 1:30 PM and 2:30 PM.

A train hit a pedestrian, killing him, and halted train traffic eastbound on the TTC for over an hour.

Train hit pedestrian near Sherbourne Station … Evacuation was started then paused pic.twitter.com/eg0UKKs3vS

— Toronto Today (@Toronto__Today) July 17, 2020

The train was set to be evacuated, but then the supervisor reversed orders, and decided to the run the trains.

Around 2:15 PM, a fire broke out under the Bloor bridge, near Bloor and Parliament. Fire crews remain on scene. It is not clear if there are any injuries from the fire.

Exclusive: Fire under Bloor street bridge north of Parliament street pic.twitter.com/6ua1otv1VZ

— Toronto Today (@Toronto__Today) July 17, 2020

Exclusive: fire under bloor street bridge near Parliament pic.twitter.com/vVB9FcT1Jp

— Toronto Today (@Toronto__Today) July 17, 2020

This is a developing story.

Fire (grass/rubbish) [Toronto]
Bloor Street
b/w Parliament Street / Rosedale Valley Trail
Dispatched: 17/07/20 @ 13:59 EDT
[Stn: 313] DistChief-31 Pumper-312 Pumper-323
General Area:

— Toronto Fire South (@tofireS) July 17, 2020

Article by: Mark Slapinski