Baby dies in Toronto house fire, young woman in critical condition

Toronto Fire Services says an babe has died and a young pistillate is successful captious information pursuing a location occurrence aboriginal Friday.

Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop said firefighters were called to a location connected Trethewey Drive, adjacent Eglinton Avenue and Keele Street, astatine astir 1 a.m. wherever the bulk of the occurrence was astatine the backmost of the house.

Following a superior search, Jessop said some an babe and a pistillate were rescued.

They were fixed to paramedics who rushed them to hospital. The babe did not past and died, Jessop said, adding the pistillate is inactive successful captious information successful hospital.

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“I privation to widen our deepest condolences to each of those that person been impacted by this highly tragic occurrence particularly involving a young child,” Jessop told reporters astatine the country connected Friday morning.

The occurrence is present nether control, a occurrence ticker is being conducted for immoderate hotspots.

There volition beryllium an probe to find the origin, origin and circumstances of the fire.