Power fully restored at 2 west-end Toronto towers after electrical fire

Power has been restored to hundreds of residents in a highrise complex in Toronto's west after an electrical fire on Wednesday, Toronto Hydro says.

The fire broke out in an electrical room on the 19th floor of one building at the Crossways Complex on Dundas Street West. Firefighters were called to the complex at about 6 p.m. The complex has two residential towers with 29 floors each.

No one was injured in the blaze, which has been contained.

On Friday afternoon, Toronto Hydro said crews have been on site since around noon  and have now restored power in the building.

The company said said the building completed the necessary repairs for power to be restored. 

On Thursday, Alessia Di Geso, director of finance for Creccal Investments Ltd., the property management company that runs the complex, said parts were ordered to complete electrical repairs.

"I hope you can appreciate that all of the building management and staff, myself included, are all hands on deck to address the issue at the building, including ensuring tenants are safe and that repairs are completed as quickly as possible," Geso said in an email to CBC Toronto.

The property management company had told residents in a notice that power should be restored by late Friday.

Vlad Stefanov, a resident of the building, said this is not the first time that the power has gone out.

"It happened once [and lasted] three or four days," he told CBC News outside the building Friday morning. 

"One more time it happened like three months ago and the same question I was asking, who's responsible for that?"

Stefanov, a freelance photographer, said it has been very difficult not having power at home.

"Every day I need to charge my battery … so every morning [I'm] just waking up, going to my friend's house. I can't even … get dressed properly, everything is not working."