Kipling Station

A woman who appears to be in her 20s has been rushed to hospital from the TTC's Kipling Station after being set on fire Friday afternoon by a man d...

"To that end, we are always looking at ways to improve safety for both customers and employees." It is not yet clear why the man set the woman on fire. I know incidents like this are concerning for our customers — and I share that concern." "The victim was transported to hospital by emergency run." Service on the TTC's Line 2 was suspended between Kipling and Islington around 12:30 p.m. and has yet to resume heading into rush hour. The operator clarified that the woman was no longer on fire, and that she was unsure if the assailant was still inside the station, but reiterated that "there was a male that set a fire to the female."

The incident happened during the noon hour at Kipling Station in Etobicoke, which is in the Dundas Street and Kipling Avenue area.

We move hundreds of millions of customers every year without incident, but we cannot and do not take that for granted. “Safety is paramount to all we do and I am committed to ensuring the TTC remains as safe as possible. “Like all Torontonians, we at the TTC are shocked by today’s attack at Kipling Station,” he said. She was rushed to hospital via an emergency run. “I want to thank TTC employees and bystanders for rushing to help the victim of this attack along with TTC special constables, police officers, firefighters and paramedics.” “We all pray for the woman attacked at Kipling Station,” he said.

One person is in custody after a female victim was lit on fire near a Toronto transit station Friday early afternoon.

“We all pray for the woman attacked at Kipling Station. This is a shocking criminal act that shouldn’t happen anywhere in our city,” he said. “Our thoughts are with the victim for a full recovery,” he said. Toronto police have reported several other instances of violence on the transit system since, including assaults, stabbings, and robberies. “Preliminary investigations have led our investigators to believe that this was a random attack,” he said. The victim, who is a woman in her 20s, is suffering from second- and third-degree burns, police say. “I can’t confirm what the relationship was between the man and the woman was or what was said prior to the accelerant being lit…but we want to again, just let the public know that this is an isolated incident on board that bus, we do have someone in custody and charges are pending.”

A woman in her 20s suffered “life-altering” injuries Friday after she was set on fire in what police described as a random attack on a TTC bus by a man who ...

She was in “serious condition” on Friday afternoon, according to TTC CEO Rick Leary, who provided the update in a television interview with CP24. “Our thoughts are with the victim for a full recovery.” The stabbing occurred a couple days after a 39-year-old woman was pushed onto the tracks at Bloor-Yonge station. “I share that concern. “I have a female. Also in April, a 21-year-old man was shot dead outside Sherbourne station in what police described as a random attack.

One person is in custody after a female victim was set on fire at a Toronto transit station early Friday afternoon.

“We all pray for the woman attacked at Kipling Station. This is a shocking criminal act that shouldn’t happen anywhere in our city,” he said. “Our thoughts are with the victim for a full recovery,” he said. Toronto police have reported several other instances of violence on the transit system since, including assaults, stabbings, and robberies. “Preliminary investigations have led our investigators to believe that this was a random attack,” he said. The victim, who is a woman in her 20s, is suffering from second- and third-degree burns, police say. “I can’t confirm what the relationship was between the man and the woman was or what was said prior to the accelerant being lit…but we want to again, just let the public know that this is an isolated incident on board that bus, we do have someone in custody and charges are pending.”

Toronto police are on Kipling subway station after a woman was set on fire. TTC emloyees, as well as citizens nearby, helped the victim and she was rushed to ...

“We all pray for the woman attacked at Kipling Station. This is a shocking criminal act that shouldn’t happen anywhere in our city,” he said. “Our thoughts are with the victim for a full recovery,” he said. Toronto police have reported several other instances of violence on the transit system since, including assaults, stabbings, and robberies. “Preliminary investigations have led our investigators to believe that this was a random attack,” he said. The victim, who is a woman in her 20s, is suffering from second- and third-degree burns, police say. “I can’t confirm what the relationship was between the man and the woman was or what was said prior to the accelerant being lit…but we want to again, just let the public know that this is an isolated incident on board that bus, we do have someone in custody and charges are pending.”