Lithium-Ion Battery Fire in Toronto High-Rise

0:00It's April 28th. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. Alithium ion battery sparked a fire in a downtown Toronto high rise on Monday, but luckily no one got hurt. It happened around 2.30 p.m. in the St. James Town area at 280 Wellesley Street East. The blaze hit the balcony hard, damaging one unit inside and a few more on the outside. Fire crews jumped in fast and knocked it down before it spread further. So fire chief Jim Jessup called out the quick word by his team and stressed how these batteries bring real dangers, not just the buildings, but two. The firefighters battling them. Now an investigation is digging into what exactly caused the fire and how it started. This serves as a wake up call on battery safety in our cities, so stay alert out there.