One child sustained minor injuries after a portion of a ceiling fell at a daycare in the city’s Roncesvalles Village neighbourhood.
Crews were called to 2211 Dundas Street West, near Boustead Avenue, around 1:30 p.m. for reports of a structural collapse.
“When the crews had arrived they realized there was a daycare. There was children in there,” Toronto Fire Platoon Chief John D'Aloisio told reporters at the scene.
Twenty-one children and nine staff were evacuated from the building. Toronto police said the one child was taken to the hospital for treatment.
All of the children have been picked up by their parents, D'Aloisio said.
“It appears, just from the quick glance and we haven’t done a full investigation just yet, but it seems to be some plaster and some ceiling tiles came down,” D'Aloisio said.
A building inspector was called in to investigate the incident and found that the building was structurally sound, Toronto Fire Capt. Adrian Ratushniak told CP24.
Ratushniak said they have not yet determined the exact cause of the partial collapse.
A parent of a child at the daycare said that the kids were napping at the time of the incident.
“Thankfully, it didn’t hit anyone or no kids were in the way,” she said. “She has a few scratches, but nothing major. It could have been a lot worse.”
A mother of another child at the daycare called the incident “worrisome.”
“Just because I didn’t know if she was traumatized by it, so I know no one was hurt, but I don’t know what she saw and she’s only three,” the mother said.
