Northbound DVP closed tonight to make way for building demolition

A portion of the Don Valley Parkway is closed until Friday morning, as a building next to the highway is being demolished after it was destroyed by a massive fire.

City officials said the northbound lanes of the DVP are blocked from the Gardiner Expressway to Dundas Street until 6 a.m.

The fire broke out at 2 Matilda St. shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The building is located adjacent to the highway, just south of Dundas Street.

“As the building is only approximately 30 feet away from the edge of the Don Valley Parkway, the roadway needs to be closed during that demolition to ensure the safety of both the travelling public and the demolition crews,” Ashley Curtis with the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services, said in a news conference on Thursday afternoon.

“The work will be completed overnight to minimize disruption.”