Large plumes of low-hanging smoke were billowing out of the York Memorial Collegiate Institute, which led to the decision to evacuate surrounding homes, Chief Matthew Pegg said.
"It's a very, very heavy fire, very heavy smoke, and very complicated an challenging operation for us," Pegg said.He said the two fires appear to be separate, but both involved the school's historic auditorium. "It was a good size fire," Eckerman said of the first fire. "It was mostly in the auditorium, with fire spreading to the first and second floor."
The school's principal, fighting tears showed, up early Tuesday morning to talk about the building that was first opened in 1929. It was built to honour of youth killed in the First World War, according to the school's website.
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