Toronto firefighters extinguish fire in CN Tower antenna mast
TORONTO — An electrical fire at Toronto’s landmark CN Tower was extinguished Wednesday morning after firefighters took turns climbing into an antenna mast to deal with smouldering wiring and insulation.
The fire broke out around 4 a.m. around an electric cable in the tower’s main antenna mast, Toronto Fire said. The section is about 480 metres above the ground — just above the tower’s Skypod observation deck.
Some 30 firefighters and seven fire trucks were at the scene.
Fortunately, they didn’t have to take the stairs.