Barrie is on Fire!!

Late last night around 11:30pm at the five corners in the heart of mid down town Barrie, there was an explosion in the kitchen of a thai restaurant which was the main floor of this old landmark building built in the 19th century at the corner of Bayfield St. and Dunlop St.

The corner building burned to the ground overnight as firefighters battled to confine the fire, which also housed tenants up above, several other business's and upper rooming houses were destroyed in the neighbouring buildings being gutted by fire. Nobody was hurt and no casualties. When I got there this morning at 9am, the fire fighters were still dousing water over the building to contain hot spots and flair ups. this is the second major fire in the down town area this year. The other fire during the summer was across the street and down the block, and the third major fire down town was on the opposite corner here at the five points since I've lived here in Barrie over the last 15 years.

Here are some pictures I took this morning at the five points down town Barrie.

This is what I saw as I came around the corner of Dunlop St.(main street) and Toronto St. as I made my way around the block to get the shots up above.

This is a shot around the corner from the fire looking down Toronto street towards the lake with the spirit catcher in the background. also to the left of the picture on the corner is where the other major fire was over the summer.