Two people have died after a fatal fire in Toronto early on Tuesday morning.
Around 4 a.m., firefighters were called to a home on Anthia Drive, an address near Steeles and Islington avenues in North York.
Toronto fire Chief Jim Jessop says firefighters were met with “heavy smoke” inside the house where they pulled out two elderly people.
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Officials said the fire was knocked down and two patients were transferred into the care of paramedics.
Toronto paramedics told Global News they had taken the two victims to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Both were later pronounced dead.
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The fire chief says an investigation is underway, but there’s nothing to suggest the fire is suspicious.
He expressed condolences to the family and praised the work of the firefighters who “fought their way” into the house.
Paramedics said they did not treat anyone else at the scene.
— with files from The Canadian Press
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