When bellboy Ernest O'Neill opened the linen closet door, a rush of oxygen turned a smoldering fire into a raging inferno.
As heard by us
A Toronto Harbour ship fire story that turns a routine pleasure cruise into a night of failure and panic.
The story of a docked passenger ship fire in Toronto Harbour unfolds with steady, unsentimental force: a locked linen closet, smoke in the corridor, and a night that turns fast.
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You want a shipboard disaster that shifts from quiet sleep to an inferno in minutes, with the facts laid out cleanly.
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