Toronto police say a man has died after falling from a balcony of a North York apartment that was on fire on Friday.
Toronto Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop told Global News that crews responded to a fire in a unit in an apartment building at 8 Roanoke Road, just north of Lawrence Avenue East at around 10:20 a.m.
Police said a man fell from the building and was without vital signs before being pronounced dead on scene.
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As of 11:40 a.m., police said the fire was out.
Roads are closed in the area.
The death and the fire are not being treated as suspicious.
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