Officials say a man has died after a fire at a residential building in Toronto.
Toronto Fire said they were called to a 15 floor building near Blackthorne Avenue and Venn Crescent, in the Eglinton Avenue and Caledonia Road area, at around 11:45 p.m. Thursday.
A Toronto Fire spokesperson said firefighters were met with heavy smoke on the 14th floor.
They said crews also found one person without any vital signs prompting firefighters to administer CPR.
The person was then transferred to Toronto paramedics for care, fire officials said.
Toronto Paramedics said they transported a man with critical injuries to hospital.
The fire was knocked down fairly quickly and that it was contained to one unit.
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In an update at around 5 p.m., Toronto Fire said the occupant had died.
“TFS Fire Investigations and OFM are on scene investigating (the) cause, circumstances and origin of this fire,” the tweet read.
The agency said it is “undetermined” whether the smoke alarm in the unit was operational.
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