A man was seriously injured in an electrical explosion at a downtown Toronto highrise Sunday morning, officials say.
Toronto Fire Services said they received a call shortly before 8 a.m. for reports of a fire near Bay and Adelaide streets.
Electrical work was being done when an arc flash occurred, injuring a man in his 30s, officials said.
He was taken to the burn unit at a trauma centre.
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Firefighters said there were two other people with the man at the time of the explosion, but they were not injured.
The Ministry of Labour has since been notified.
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