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Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Police are investigating a string of tow-truck fires that occurred in Toronto Fire Services said three tow-truck fires broke out in North York within 30 minutes of each other around 4 a.m.A Toronto fire spokesperson told Global News the most serious blaze occurred on Drewry Avenue, near Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue, where flames reportedly spread to a garage and a house.One of the other tow trucks caught fire on a street, while the third occurred in the driveway of a home.In the third incident, the homeowner was able to extinguish the flames before the vehicle was significantly damaged, Toronto fire said.York Regional Police said around the same time as these fires, two tow-truck fires were reported in Richmond Hill.Police said the incidents were reported simultaneously, though they were located in two different places.Both incidents occurred in the driveways of homes, one on Collin Court and the other on Wood Lane.It’s believed an accelerant was placed underneath the two tow trucks, York police said, adding that both trucks set on fire in Richmond Hill were owned by the same company but operating under different names.There’s no word on suspect information, but police said it’s believed all of the incidents are connected.In a news release later Monday morning, York police said there was another tow truck which caught on fire early Saturday morning in Richmond Hill.Mark Graves, president of the Provincial Towing Association of Ontario, told Global News it appears there has been “a significant amount of escalation” recently, adding several companies seem to be challenging each other for work.“Too many tow trucks servicing a specific area and not enough work to go around. City of Toronto, Toronto, 2003 A gallery dedicated to the men and women of the Toronto Fire Services. An honest-to-goodness pile of garbage on fire. 3.100 Mitarbeitern ist sie die größte kommunale Feuerwehr Kanadas. A Toronto firefighter has been charged with careless driving after the fire truck he was driving struck an 11-year-old girl in mid-December, Police said emergency crews were called to the intersection of Oakwood and Rosemount avenues, south of St. Clair Avenue West, just before 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 16.Police said the fire truck was responding to a call in the area with both its lights and sirens on when it struck the girl, who was crossing west on Oakwood Avenue using a crosswalk.Firefighters provided first aid to the girl before paramedics arrived on scene. Toronto's most active fire buff club. The current department was established in 1998 when the current City of Toronto was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the original City of Toronto with the other cities and boroughs of Metro Toronto. Roving garbage truck fire is the new “dumpster fire.”Get the top stories emailed every day. There are some bad things happening, but the industry for the most part seems to be in agreement that minimum training standards and licensing are a necessity.”Meanwhile, anyone with information on the fires is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. WATCH ABOVE: A Toronto firefighter has been charged after a collision that injured an 11-year-old girl. The following fire departments became part of Toronto Fire Services: 1. Initially an incident can be upgraded to a working […] From the global And really just to pile onto everything, there was a literal garbage fire in downtown Toronto Monday morning. It could be just that they want more work too — it’s hard to say.”Graves said there needs to be more government action “to curb” the problem.“We’ve been working with the government trying to establish some provincial licensing and minimum standards that we believe will help this issue … right now the towing industry has no real rules or regulations to go by,” he said.“We could give you a set of keys right now and say, ‘Go out and tow,’ and you could go out on the highway and work and do tow calls.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Police are investigating a string of tow-truck fires that occurred in Toronto Fire Services said three tow-truck fires broke out in North York within 30 minutes of each other around 4 a.m.A Toronto fire spokesperson told Global News the most serious blaze occurred on Drewry Avenue, near Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue, where flames reportedly spread to a garage and a house.One of the other tow trucks caught fire on a street, while the third occurred in the driveway of a home.In the third incident, the homeowner was able to extinguish the flames before the vehicle was significantly damaged, Toronto fire said.York Regional Police said around the same time as these fires, two tow-truck fires were reported in Richmond Hill.Police said the incidents were reported simultaneously, though they were located in two different places.Both incidents occurred in the driveways of homes, one on Collin Court and the other on Wood Lane.It’s believed an accelerant was placed underneath the two tow trucks, York police said, adding that both trucks set on fire in Richmond Hill were owned by the same company but operating under different names.There’s no word on suspect information, but police said it’s believed all of the incidents are connected.In a news release later Monday morning, York police said there was another tow truck which caught on fire early Saturday morning in Richmond Hill.Mark Graves, president of the Provincial Towing Association of Ontario, told Global News it appears there has been “a significant amount of escalation” recently, adding several companies seem to be challenging each other for work.“Too many tow trucks servicing a specific area and not enough work to go around. City of Toronto, Toronto, 2003 A gallery dedicated to the men and women of the Toronto Fire Services. An honest-to-goodness pile of garbage on fire. 3.100 Mitarbeitern ist sie die größte kommunale Feuerwehr Kanadas. A Toronto firefighter has been charged with careless driving after the fire truck he was driving struck an 11-year-old girl in mid-December, Police said emergency crews were called to the intersection of Oakwood and Rosemount avenues, south of St. Clair Avenue West, just before 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 16.Police said the fire truck was responding to a call in the area with both its lights and sirens on when it struck the girl, who was crossing west on Oakwood Avenue using a crosswalk.Firefighters provided first aid to the girl before paramedics arrived on scene. Toronto's most active fire buff club. The current department was established in 1998 when the current City of Toronto was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the original City of Toronto with the other cities and boroughs of Metro Toronto. Roving garbage truck fire is the new “dumpster fire.”Get the top stories emailed every day. There are some bad things happening, but the industry for the most part seems to be in agreement that minimum training standards and licensing are a necessity.”Meanwhile, anyone with information on the fires is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. WATCH ABOVE: A Toronto firefighter has been charged after a collision that injured an 11-year-old girl. The following fire departments became part of Toronto Fire Services: 1. Initially an incident can be upgraded to a working […] From the global And really just to pile onto everything, there was a literal garbage fire in downtown Toronto Monday morning. It could be just that they want more work too — it’s hard to say.”Graves said there needs to be more government action “to curb” the problem.“We’ve been working with the government trying to establish some provincial licensing and minimum standards that we believe will help this issue … right now the towing industry has no real rules or regulations to go by,” he said.“We could give you a set of keys right now and say, ‘Go out and tow,’ and you could go out on the highway and work and do tow calls.