2 injured, 2 floors evacuated in downtown apartment fire
Two people were injured in a fire at a high-rise residential building at Dundas and Sherbourne streets on Monday morning.
The three-alarm blaze broke out at a Toronto Community Housing apartment building on Dundas Street East between Sherbourne Street and Oskenonton Lane, shortly before 9 a.m.
Toronto Fire Services said the fire began in a bachelor apartment on the sixth floor, but was contained to one unit and put out by 9:30 a.m.
Two floors were evacuated as firefighters worked on the blaze, Toronto police said.
As of 12 p.m., some residents were being allowed to return to their units.
Man pulled injured woman out of unit
Toronto paramedics said the two injured were both residents of the sixth floor.
A woman in her 50s, the occupant of the unit where the fire occurred, was being treated for minor smoke inhalation and burns.
She was pulled out of the building by a man who noticed the smoke from outside and ran to help.
Another person, a resident of a nearby unit, was taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.
Determining the cause
The division chief of fire investigations with Toronto Fire Service, Larry Cocco, told reporters that the investigation into the fire is still in its preliminary stages, and they have no theory on the cause yet.
"We'll be looking at fire patterns to determine where exactly the fire began," he said.
This is the third fire at a Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) building in the last two weeks.
The previous two were at 291 George and 275 Shuter streets.
Sara Goldvine, speaking for TCHC, said that since all three incidents are under investigation, it's impossible to say if they are connected in any way.
She also pointed out that TCHC runs 2,200 buildings in the city.
