Firefighters extinguish 2-alarm blaze at Bloor and Lansdowne
Toronto police say a large fire at a mixed residential and commercial building near Bloor Street West and Lansdowne Avenue has been extinguished.
Fire crews say the blaze broke out on the second floor of the complex and that it was a two-alarm fire.
Toronto fire said they conducted searches of the property and didn't find anyone inside of the building.
Parts of Bloor Street remain closed, and it is unknown when streets will reopen to traffic.
Toronto paramedics were on scene and say no patients were taken to hospital as a result of the fire.
Toronto police said earlier that home and business owners were warned that they may be evacuated as a result of the fire. They are advising commuters to consider alternate routes.
Police said on Twitter that the fire broke out in a restaurant and that the building was "fully engulfed" with "thick smoke from high flames."
