Two people were sent to hospital after a multiple alarm blaze on the Hamilton mountain.
In a tweet shortly after noon on Tuesday, the Hamilton fire department said crews were on the scene of a fire at a home on Royal Vista Drive just off of Upper Gage Avenue, south of Stone Church Road.
Photos show the back of a two-storey house completely charred and destroyed by fire.
Hamilton Fire chief Dave Cunliffe said heavy smoke and fire were encountered at the rear of the home and that one person was trapped on the roof of the garage.
That person would be rescued just before flames broke through the roof of the main building.
“The fire was brought under control in approximately 40 minutes, but not before it caused significant dame to all levels of the house, back deck and fences,” Cunliffe said in a release.
“Homes on both sides were protected by crews and didn’t sustain any fire damage.”
Hamilton paramedic superintendent Dave Thompson told Global News that a woman in her 30s or 40s was helped off of the roof of the home and transported to a local trauma centre in stable condition with smoke inhalation and minor burns.
A firefighter was also sent to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion.
Templemead Elementary School, directly to the east of the fire, were advised to shut down the air handling systems and to hold the children in place, inside the school during the blaze.
No other injuries were reported.
The Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) has been notified. No cause has been determined.
Damage is estimated in the neighbourhood of $500,000.