Burst water pipes, broken water mains, fires and a determined deep freeze have pretty much worn down the spirit of Torontonians. At one point today, it was reported that there were more than a dozen broken mains. Tonight residents of a high-rise at 33 Orchard View Blvd. are dealing with water that flooded their units from a burst pipe on the roof of the building. Orchard Park is the westward continuation Roehampton Ave. west of Yonge. It sits next door to the garage ramps for the Yonge-Eglinton Centre. Television news has a number of stories from the location. Tenant Anika Reza has kept up an account on Twitter. “I can hear water flowing down between walls this is so scary,” she wrote. In Rosedale, fire has badly damaged a 1900-era rooming home at 29 Maple Ave. across the street from Branksome Hall. Firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control all day. They said the place appears to have tenants but none were there. The picture below shows the dramatic smoke from the from north up in Moore Park. Right, the house before the fire courtesy of Google.
