Halton Regional Police say a 65-year-old woman has died after a fire broke out at a townhouse complex in Milton on Wednesday.
Emergency crews were called to the main floor of a six-unit row house on Steeles Avenue West near Peru Road at around 12:30 a.m.
The home was engulfed in flames and officers tried to enter the home for a person believed to be inside, police said.
The officers were forced back by the flames and heavy smoke, police said.
Two other people made it outside of the residence.
Milton firefighters extinguished the fire and discovered the body of a woman inside the home, investigators said.
No other residents were injured.
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Two officers were assessed by paramedics at the scene for minor smoke inhalation.
The Office of the Fire Marshal will be investigating the cause of the fire.
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