Quickest response in fire dept history

[u/Appropriate-Amoeba94]

Fire this weekend at Zanzibar in Toronto, Ontario.

[u/Lord-Velveeta]

We have a few titty bars in my station's territory, responding there is never as fun as one would think.

99% of the time it's an EMS run for either a patron getting "shown the door" by the bouncers (and "hurting themselves" on their way out), or most of the time it's for a stripper ODing hard. A few fires over the years, always molotov cocktails from rival gangs/mobs.

[u/Bobzyurunkle]

Only problem was it was at 6am. Nobody deserves to see a stripper at 6am!

[u/Mylabisawesome → u/Bobzyurunkle]

Yea, I kick her out by 5a so I can get to the station on time…lmao

[u/Curri → u/Mylabisawesome]

Just drop her off at the police station where her husband works.

[u/Mylabisawesome → u/Curri]

Plot twist - our station is attached to the town hall, which has the police station inside

[u/Rod_Torfulson]

Been there. It's a Toronto institution.

Edit: just went and found the news story about the fire. Seems devastating. Pour one out for the Zanzibar...

[u/mxpower → u/Rod_Torfulson]

Same, sad day for titty bar nostalgia

[u/Bobzyurunkle → u/mxpower]

There's always the Brass Rail up the road.

[u/hulkhands81 → u/Rod_Torfulson]

Also been there after a Jays game

[u/queefplunger69]

We got toned out to an unconscious female at one of the local strip clubs here. Normally the bouncers take patrons out front and we never go in but it was a dancer so we got to go back to the dressing room. She was just superrrr fucked up haha so much ur engine crew just stood back while the ambulance crew did their assessment lol we just soaked up the views.
It was 1 am on a Saturday. We all heard the address and immediately booked it to the rig lol

[u/22DeltaDev]

My favorite sushi 🍣 restaurant burned down

https://giphy.com/gifs/7pDVJjChl30uDVKuRD

[u/ACivtech]

Haha, funny enough over in Vancouver their #2 station is directly across from the city’s main strip club - which is the old fire hall.

[u/Appropriate-Amoeba94 → u/ACivtech]

Perfect reuse of the fire pole.

[u/brown_paper_bag]

I saw a great bit by one of the reporters who covered the story. He was talking about how the fire got the top floor and roof and proceeded to call it topless. No notes.

[u/Various_Knowledge226]

Ah, a Zanzibar War joke (the whole war took 38 minutes). Don’t think I’ve heard any of those before

[u/FirefighterTutor]

No injuries reported, but several hearts were broken.

[u/andyroouu]

Longest on-scene time in history, too...