Markham townhouse fire leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

A antheral has died and a pistillate was injured aft a occurrence ripped done the store and parts of a townhouse northbound of Toronto.

Around 12:30 p.m. connected Thursday, firefighters rushed to a residence successful a densely populated subdivision adjacent Markham’s Pillar Rock Crescent and Hazelton Avenue area.

When firefighters arrived, they observed a ample occurrence successful the building’s garage, which appeared to person dispersed to the house. They could perceive the sounds of a fume alarm blaring arsenic an injured pistillate met them successful beforehand of the home.

“One of the residents of this residence was retired greeting the occurrence crew, she had immoderate superior injuries that were sustained successful the fire. She was treated by our crews. She besides reported to america determination was different nonmigratory of the location inactive inside,” Chris Nearing, City of Markham occurrence chief, said astatine the scene.

Crews fought “an assertive interior attack” to get into the building, Nearing said, and recovered a antheral successful the hallway adjacent the kitchen. They were capable to determination him outside, wherever they tried to revive him. The nonmigratory succumbed to his injuries arsenic a effect of this fire, Nearing said.

Fire officials said the blaze was nether power by mid-afternoon. The origin is not yet known.