Five people were taken to hospital after a fire ripped through a Richmond Hill, Ont., home early Monday morning.
York Regional Police said around 3:15 a.m. Sept. 1, emergency services responded to a call for a house fire on Skywood Drive, south of Bathurst Street and King Road.
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Police said five people were taken to hospital; three of them had life-threatening injuries. In an update Monday afternoon, police said all five people were now listed as being in critical condition.
Jim Kettles, an operations manager with the Office of the Fire Marshal, told reporters at the scene Richmond Hill firefighters had to rescue four people from the home.
Of the five people taken to hospital, four were adults and one was a youth, he added.
It’s not clear how the fire broke out.
An investigation is underway.
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