Toronto Fire Services says a man has died after being pulled from a unit in a retirement home in North York on Sunday night.
Firefighters were called to Forestview Retirement Residence on Finch Avenue West, near Bathurst Street, at around 10:30 p.m.
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Crews reported a fire coming from a fourth-floor unit with smoke in the hallway, fire officials said. One person was pulled from the unit and taken to hospital in critical condition.
Toronto police said a man in his 80s later died in hospital.
The fire is under investigation. There is no word on the cause of the blaze.
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