Theater Collapses Onto School

A wall of a Toronto theater that was being demolished collapsed into a school next door Monday, trapping people inside and injuring others.

One person was dead, although it is not yet known whether that was a construction worker or someone at the school. Three children, apparently from the Yorkville English Academy, have been injured, as were five adults. Two other adults are missing.

The Yorkville English Academy teaches English mostly to adults and teenagers.

"We have people in the rubble," said Bill Stewart, Toronto's fire chief. Police at the downtown scene said some people had been rescued and taken to hospitals.

"My daughter called me right after it happened and said the roof had collapsed," said Helen Wanger, the parent of a student who was injured.

No other information was immediately available.

The Uptown Theater, which opened in 1920 as a movie theater and a live stage show venue, is considered a historic site and was the subject of an unsuccessful campaign to stop its demolition.