A woman has died after a house fire in Toronto’s west end, officials say.
Emergency crews were called to a home on Rathburn Road, just east of The East Mall, at around 8:10 p.m. on Tuesday.
Acting Toronto Fire Service Chief Jim Kay said there was heavy smoke and flames coming from the basement after firefighters arrived.
He said a man told crews there was a woman in the basement.
The victim was brought outside of the home by firefighters.
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A Toronto Paramedics spokesperson said their crews were taking the woman to a local hospital in critical condition, but Kay later said she was pronounced dead.
The fire was extinguished a short time after crews arrived.
Kay said the cause of the fire hasn’t been determined.
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