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Whitby Free Press, 10 Oct 1990, p. 21

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WKIBY RERPRESS WEDNESDAYO OBER 10, 19O0,-PAGE 21 Clean-p, ~effort after fire THE EAR fe.a 56-unit a ot blâimed ,as« the .*cause 0fthebaz buldngon-Gardon t. h as wihleft 200tenants homéesa. yOLNTER bgi te obof mov.- hoplant .wa» tiransformed into a 20Gro t Wtna ebpu-mp otofh Cng donated god e u former cntri depot fordoaisteh blinonetereadbnetngfed CôlFM&d plant onB oS.N. fire vie*"m Fi revictirns letwth nothig Sankar and.KithigaMani had no idea what awaited-them when they moved nto thei nwhome lest month, YThe. Mania and son. Ganesh iwere amongthe 2ù00 peopi?. Ieft homelesa allter a fire riPPed- throughtheir Garden St. apart- ment b»Ildin glet ek. .e>amcadmoved into the buildingmi September and were stii setlig"into their -new quarter8a. teMai ,But o~Tusa h ai found.themselves im,.aanearby sehool gymnasium wig eb intrviiweê,d for emergencY houa- mng -by a -Dunham Reégion soial1 worker. Sincethey had'recently moved into -the, ,apartmentp 1tii. Mania werstilli tending to the varioua' mattesthat go with a new home, such esacqung m l- surance., "W. were in. the" prtcess _Of gettm-ngthat -(inaurance) a"d other thinge,"husband'Saikar si*d quitel y. W.werestill tryiÉg teget âettIed, --no edntko where we will be temght Wife Kibg ad h rie homefromworkabout 11:30 honWdnsayt find her bs ~roud mdniht~sheher someone shc>ut <fr. but not, untl fm~*frcks arrived five. mm teàer -did'ah. .realioe at the ,time" ýseid Krithiga, "l opened thii. âaond saw smiioke Sh. quiclcly ioused lier' famnilY anid the three of them took tii. stairs from terhidfoor, apartment tosafety. u'w dide~t--kriow.- wlere the smnoke, waeS cming, fromu,»,said Senkar~"w e vetoutsidew. e nn back"' So aes who turned eight-m * è Ho was spared bis e rena ordeal' of,.wvaitmng-to -ld.out what if anything may. have bén' saved itheapartmen,. i«Were just- tryinir -to find a place to stay flow. We want to r êt back to a normal life," said. Sinkar. 'The saine feelings were also true for the Shankarfarmily Husband ShiuwifieSaa, and - children 6halendra, 14, Sunjeeta, 13, and Suýeeta, six, had ive.i'the building for threeyeëars. Ori in-Illyfrom the ni Islandà,the Sakasweréegran- ted reuetatua by the Cana- dien goyerrnent iii 1987. As Bhiu explained, the family was asleep bnthi wr awakened by. the îsmell o smoke. "We1 didnt hear an alâram'or anytingtueýfire. departmnent was»etere when we woke ù used S8n trbin ackets to put over thefr -night clo#-the tifnl *waited. on the baicony until fire- 1 ffItOSusmng-dosbue them.to saety rnv.A The -Shankatrsiad friendst.iey could oei onfor éme«rgency lode I. 4 t.- , 1

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