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2 injured, 1 critically, after fire at downtown Toronto apartment building

Click to play video: 'Downtown Toronto fire sends man to hospital without vital signs'
Downtown Toronto fire sends man to hospital without vital signs
 
WATCH: Fire crews were called to a downtown apartment building Thursday evening, where they found a man inside a fourteenth floor unit – Feb 13, 2020

A man has been rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition after a fire in a downtown Toronto apartment building, officials say.

Emergency crews were called to a high-rise on Sherbourne Street, between Queen Street East and Shuter Street, at around 6:45 p.m. on Thursday.

A Toronto Paramedics spokesperson told Global News crews took a male patient to hospital with critical injuries.

A second male patient was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

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Toronto Fire Services Chief Matthew Pegg said investigators are probing the cause of the fire and are trying to determine where and how it started.

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