'All my stuff is left in there:' Witness reaction to a building collapsing near Kensington Market

A two-story building on Dundas Street West has been evacuated after its façade and roof began collapsing. Catalina Gillies is speaking with residents who say they had just a moments notice to gather their things and leave.

[@thesuperblyfantasticalchan943]

This is negligence, this slumlord obviously hasn’t maintained the property at all They should be liable for all costs

[@SpankMode-c5v]

Punjabi slumlord

[@ugh-su5qg]

building can collapse from poor maintenance..?

[@thesuperblyfantasticalchan943]

@@ugh-su5qg yes, lack of basic maintenance can result in a variety of structural problems

[@MichaelJohnson-xn7ye]

Captain Obvious

[@elena2125]

Those building are So old, giving maintenance is probably very expensive and all the bills to pay and taxes. It's crazy.

[@greggreg2263]

Definitely the owner pinching pennies and never doing maintenance properly👀

[@ConcernedForCanada]

Yeah but how did it pass inspection?

[@greggreg2263]

I totally never thought of that. I believe the inspector had his palms greased.🤑🤑

[@phillydisc9708]

@@ConcernedForCanada It's Toronto, corruption runs rampant with inspectors and the government. It's been happening forever.

[@Lp-ze1tg]

I remembered my co-worker told me that one of their neighbours decided to redecorate their basement. Both husband and wife haven't done any research before making decisions. They wanted to make the basement look bigger. They were crazy enough to spent two days to pull out the metal support bean that they though it was useless. Two days later, the first floor started slowly collapsing inward. They called the original builder and they had to pay over ten thousand dollars just to put the support bean back to its original position. That was over 10 years ago.

[@mikeohagan2206]

shame, thats a million dollar property. don't slam the windows in that whole block.

[@phillydisc9708]

Someone wants to develop it I imagine, condos coming soon.

[@o1ecypher]

Those 3 buildings are affected, the roofs of all 3 are connected as one, so they all need to be removed. this looks like the roof was not maintained and allowed to rot and break. i have one question, how did no one hear or notice the roof collapse...?

[@BrokenSoul79x]

And the award for best looking news reporter ever goes to Catalina Gilles. 🔥🔥🔥

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

Oh wow! What a stunner.

[@stevenchow408]

Plain jane

[@Maranatha1777]

It's Just You

[@stevenchow408]

@@Maranatha1777 nope

[@kevinn1158]

The property had a city work order on it. Not only should the owner of this building by liable, the incompetent city should be liable as well. I’ve reported several homeowners for building illegal extensions and the city does nothing. Unreal.

[@armchairobserver4747]

A new condo will go up once they demolish this "accident"

[@sanseverything900]

Funny enough there IS a new condo building being built directly across from it!

[@62Cristoforo]

There’s a brand new condo going up DIRECTLY across the road from from this dump. I wonder if vibrations from the new construction triggered an already compromised structure?

[@andygrenn680]

What is a Condo…

[@sparker.24]

@@andygrenn680 a giant ponzi scheme

[@armchairobserver4747]

@@andygrenn680 Look on the google

[@tintbydesigns]

what a tragic situation... seriously tragic.

[@A.I-GAMING]

Glad everyone is safe.

[@sanseverything900]

And heavy rain is forecast to start tonight and lasting through the weekend. That thing could go down in the next 48 hours.

[@andygrenn680]

Hundreds of years later the glue gave…

[@bellehelene99999]

They should have interviewed the convenience store owner instead of the customer, Suya Lee. Suya Lee could barely string a sentence together. What a horrible speaker!

[@HalifaxComputersRepair]

no the landlord said soon she will fall , collect all the rent money and see if it falls by self then build a new building and repeat the same process , we need to stay very rich here lol

[@mkpi1110]

It's incredible how people lost the ability to articulate a sentence

[@phillydisc9708]

Another building that will probably get repurposed into a Condo building

[@ConcernedForCanada]

How did it pass inspection? 🙄 $

[@62Cristoforo]

It was built 160 years ago. Check City Hall records

[@isabeltome9762]

​@62Cristoforo casaloma?

[@DokisKalin1]

This is an advertisement for for tenant insurance.

[@azraghaffar2613]

Canada is becoming the 3 rd world country of the WEST 😂

[@Evaultfinancial]

Many old run down buildings and the earth sediment is probably wearing down 😢where will those folks go now? Probably a motel or hotel?! Hope they have insurance

[@deacodamountain1718]

Wait where is this exactly?

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

Kensington Market in Toronto.

[@stratsboneless6270]

JUSTICE FOR MIKE

[@laple2972]

The building looks like 200 years

[@isabeltome9762]

It looked very modern on the pictures

[@pinocircular9913]

contractor not using long enough fasteners...common problem these days.....

[@MrMannyhw]

Toronto is such a sad place. Pay top dollars for run down house.

[@Megafoot2164]

Such neglect by the owner of the building, and then the city of Toronto, is no accident, it’s intentional. It’s only by pure fortune, that no one was severely injured or killed. Years ago, former Mayor John Tory in his misguided logic and lack of wisdom, replaced all window A/C’s at the City of Toronto’s expense in all TCHC buildings. In favour of less efficient portable A/C’s. All over one single tragic accident. A single window safety bracket would have sufficed, and been much cheaper in the long run. The cost of the new, less efficient portable A/C units, using much more electricity, straining the grid. I digress. In this case, that building was flagged in 2014 as being unsafe and having structural deficiencies. Nothing was ever done until this week when construction workers across the street, noticed it about to collapse. Is the City of Toronto now going to blitz the GTA and replace all deficient structure’s ? It makes you wonder who and what occupies the office's at City Hall ? 🇨🇦✌🏼🇨🇦✌🏼🇨🇦🙄🤨

[@TheSilverlady1980]

Pets and family photos I sure hope before they trigger the demolition. This all falls squarely on the building owners collecting income! These folks must be compensated. Hope all the tenants get together on a lawsuit for their losses.

[@lynnewilliams542]

Their tenants insurance will cover most expenses

[@ugh-su5qg]

how is catallina not sweating her face off its so hot today omg

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

That's cuz she's already a hottie.

[@62Cristoforo]

It’s a rip in the space-time continuum. Soon, demons will start flying out

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

This is exactly what I was thinking.

[@nickyalousakis3851]

i guess they will have to get skilled ppl outside of the city to fix this.

[@uuxxuu5002]

The building is old.

[@stevenchow408]

Might be a condo in the future

[@Kym-s2t]

😞🇨🇦This is just the beginning

[@Maranatha1777]

Well that's Awful 😮

[@GuttaLyfeTV]

I wonder how many vulture condo developers have reached out with offers already smh

[@redstone5062]

Perhaps a support was removed or cut at some point during a reno job

[@62Cristoforo]

I get all my groceries at Levol Convenience Mart. What will I do now?

[@deafviolinist]

one of those cover ups after a superhero battle

[@Patrickair4444]

At least someone called 999 fire brigade and ambulance

[@JoseTwitterFan]

"Neighborhood Character" is NIMBY slumlords preserving aging housing stock actively crumbling at the seams.

[@neetbucks521]

Max is homeless

[@ryot3360]

:(

[@mtl6562]

Who owns the bldg?

[@markquiz2478]

its from all the cockraoches and Bed Bugs

[@Rocks.geology]

Is church here i was be homeless as Jesus 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@MissX905]

An Asian slum lord own the building?

[@loosemoose7584]

Play 3rd world games, win 3rd world prizes!

[@elterrifico9522]

🤣🤣🤣

[@user-sn8sw2vi8z]

🔥🔥🔥🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@user-sn8sw2vi8z]

😳😳😳🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤬🤬🤬

[@JEdwarrd]

Doug Ford's Ontario lol

[@stanzim7612]

With how old that building looks it’s more Oliver Mowat’s Ontario 😂

[@jody-ne7xs]

This is what happens with rent control. Rents need to double or tripple in Canada. Canadians receive high pay and can afford rent to double at least.

[@impactfully5714]

Under your bridge 🧌

[@gilgameshbebop]

are u ok? maybe your rent needs to be tripled too

[@Alfonso-gp9mk]

@@jody-ne7xs Forgot to take your medication, haven’t you?

[@laurafulton7023]

Hire Canadians

[@munnasport-sx2qe]

Those are old neighborhoods there's a project buildings right across from it