Dozens of units have been re-occupied at 235 Gosford Boulevard and many more could be on Monday, but some residents are raising concerns about the building’s safety after a fatal five-alarm fire.
They are asking the city to halt what they are calling a “rushed effort” to bring tenants back to the North York highrise.
A lawyer representing the group of residents says no information has been disclosed about what criteria is being used to determine whether the units are safe and habitable and they are concerned about air quality and the presence of toxic soot.
According to a letter to Mayor John Tory, residents are asking for the reoccupation be stopped until “an environmental engineer and/or indoor air quality hygienist confirms the building is safe.”
Just over 25 units were reoccupied on the Dec. 21st and 47 units are expected to be ready for re-occupation on Dec. 30.
A welcome letter from the building’s management, Ronkay Management, said the building has passed two fire safety inspections, the most recent on Dec. 19.
There is still no official word on the cause of the five-alarm blaze that started in an eighth floor apartment unit which claimed the life of one man and left several hundred residents displaced.
Preliminary reports said the fire did not look suspicious and the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office had narrowed the source of the fire down to one of the two bedrooms in the unit.
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