Toronto Fire Services says residents of two Thorncliffe Park buildings will have to continue waiting before they can return home as work to battle the fire remains difficult, saying there remains “no timelines” on a return date.

In an update on Monday, Fire Chief Jim Jessop displayed a piece of “combustible particleboard” that he said is creating difficulty for crews to extinguish.

“(It) was placed between the expansion joint that is causing us the problem and access to getting to this is next to impossible for our crews and we have been trying everything,” he said. “If you can imagine a cigar burning slowly up and up without visible flames, this is what my staff have been dealing with.”

Jessop said his team has been working with multiple disciplinary engineers from Toronto Fire Servi

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