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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

‘Heartbreaking’: fire destroys historic Toronto church and rare paintings

The interior of the church shows the artwork on the ceiling and stained glass windows
St Anne's Anglican church on 9 September 2004. Photograph: Rene Johnston/Toronto Star/Getty Images

An early morning fire at a Toronto church has destroyed both a historic site and rare paintings by an acclaimed group of Canadian artists, leaving the city reeling from a “heartbreaking” loss.

Fire crews responded on Sunday to a blaze engulfing St Anne’s Anglican church, a national historic site in the city’s Little Portugal neighbourhood.

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