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5.16.2007

Marble slab falls from Toronto skyscraper

A section of Toronto's financial district remained closed Wednesday morning after a slab of marble fell from First Canadian Place the previous evening.
The piece, weighing about 140 kilograms, fell 60 floors, landing on the third-floor roof of a building during high winds and heavy rain Tuesday evening. No one was injured.
Toronto police Staff Sgt. Jay Frosh said inspectors will examine the building at King and Bay streets to make sure no other pieces of marble have come loose.
Once it's deemed safe, streets closed in the area will be reopened, but there's no word on when the inspection will take place.
The area blocked off to pedestrians and traffic reaches from King Street to Adelaide Street and from York Street east to Bay Street.
Workers at First Canadian Place were being allowed into the building Wednesday morning through an underground entrance.
Public transit service has been disrupted in the area. King Street streetcars were being diverted between Bay and Yonge streets. There were no buses on Bay between Adelaide and King, and express buses were not running on Adelaide between York and Bay.
The skyscraper was constructed in 1975 and remains Canada's tallest office building at 70 storeys or 298 metres.

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