THUMP!: brick wall comes crushing down on Yonge St

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A building facade near Ryerson University came crushing down on Friday noon, prompting police to close Yonge St between Dundas and Gerrard.

In a rather embarrassing turn of events, part of an older building facade came crushing down, just as construction was being done inside the building.

Luckily, despite witnesses reports, nobody was caught under the rubble. Police used “human-sniffing dogs” to ensure that.

A block of brick wall about six metres wide and an entire storey high had fallen clear by the time it was over, leaving exposed structural beams and strips of pink insulation.

David Robichaud, a construction worker delivering wall boards to a nearby building, was leaving work when the wall started coming down.

"We saw some pieces come down and then the wall collapsed. We were pushed back," he said. "They were doing construction on the inside of that building and it just collapsed."

Emergency Medical Services said two people suffered minor injuries in the incident, but Toronto police said they did not believe anyone had been injured.

A section of Gould St will remain closed as engineers assess the damage.

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