I started to wonder why the concourse was locked once I reached the Bay. Walking on to the street from the PATH at Queen and Bay I almost choked. The smell of burnt plastic filled the air. I guess the Police were well aware of what was going on. They had just finished taping off Bay to block off the street. I had to cross to the north side of Queen and walking past Old City Hall you could see the trail of smoke billowing through Bay Street.

It was bit of scare up the street as well. I later learned that the fire was electrical. Made perfect sense. Continuing my walk through the Eaton Centre was cut short when the power went out inside. Thankfully there was no pandemonium. The emergency power came on almost straight away and many stores closed up without any looting or chaos taking place.

Lots of credit due to the Police, Fire Department and People of the city. Everyone was cool and collected. Someone even picked up someone’s dropped bank card to return to them. Good news wins over bad…LoL

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