Firefighter Paul McPherson is lifted onto a stretcher after being overcome by smoke Sunday night as London firefighters fought a Dundas Street blaze that destroyed the Tamblyn Drugmart and heavily damaged the Mascot Restaurant. In all, six fireman were taken to hospital. Thames Valley Ambulance staff, including Ron Tree, left, and Bill Sims, were on constant duty at the fire.
(By Dick Wallace of The Free Press)
Tony Vergeris, part-owner of the Mascot Restaurant, sits on a bar stool in the midst of water and rubble left after a Sunday Evening fire.
Smoke pours from the rear of the Tamblyn store, engulfing the firefighter on the ladder. A wrecker was to knock down the remainder of the front wall which sagging toward Dundas Street Sunday night.
Dense, acrid smoke hung over downtown London Sunday night as firemen shrugged to control a Dundas Street blaze that destroyed the Tamblyn Drugmart and damaged the Mascot Restaurant.
Firefighter Paul McPherson is lifted onto a stretcher after being overcome by smoke Sunday night as London firefighters fought a Dundas Street blaze that destroyed the Tamblyn Drugmart and heavily damaged the Mascot Restaurant. In all, six fireman were taken to hospital. Thames Valley Ambulance staff, including Ron Tree, left, and Bill Sims, were on constant duty at the fire.
(By Dick Wallace of The Free Press)
Tony Vergeris, part-owner of the Mascot Restaurant, sits on a bar stool in the midst of water and rubble left after a Sunday Evening fire.
Smoke pours from the rear of the Tamblyn store, engulfing the firefighter on the ladder. A wrecker was to knock down the remainder of the front wall which sagging toward Dundas Street Sunday night.
Dense, acrid smoke hung over downtown London Sunday night as firemen shrugged to control a Dundas Street blaze that destroyed the Tamblyn Drugmart and damaged the Mascot Restaurant.
