TORONTO - Toronto police say they are sifting through the remains of a Yonge Street heritage building searching for evidence of arson.
Const. Scott Mills says police have obtained a warrant and are probing the cause of the massive blaze along with Toronto's fire department and the Ontario Fire Marshal's office.
Two firefighters were injured Monday when they fell from a neighbouring roof into the burning building.
They were rescued after an intense 30-minute hunt through dense smoke and suffered minor injuries.
At its height, 32 fire trucks and 125 firefighters responded to the pre-dawn six-alarm blaze in the empty downtown building.
The building prompted headlines last April when its facade collapsed onto a normally busy sidewalk, sparking fears that pedestrians had been trapped under the rubble. However, no one was hurt in that incident.
