Toronto firefighters have extinguished a four-alarm fire in the city’s west end that engulfed four homes and threatened to spread.
Emergency crews were called to a house fire on Argyle Street, near Ossington Avenue and Dundas Street West, after 5 p.m. Wednesday that quickly spread to surrounding properties.
Police said several homes were evacuated and a number of people were treated for smoke inhalation.
Officials encouraged area residents to close their doors and windows due to heavy smoke.
Toronto Fire Services said crews conducted a search and no one was found inside the houses. The fire was extinguished in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Investigators have been called in to try to determine the cause of the fire.
Councillor Mike Layton said on Twitter that affected residents can go to West Neighbourhood House at 248 Ossington St.
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