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Woman critically injured after being pulled from Etobicoke house fire

WATCH: The fire broke out on the top floor of a townhome on Brussels Street in south Etobicoke just after midnight. The woman was rushed to hospital in critical condition. Marianne Dimain reports. – Mar 23, 2023

Toronto Fire Services say a woman is in life-threatening condition after she was pulled from a fire by firefighters at a home in Etobicoke early Thursday.

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Firefighters were called to Brussel Street, near Park Lawn Road and The Queensway, at around 2 a.m. for a ‘very smoky fire’ at a three-level home.

A Toronto Fire spokesperson said crews found and rescued one occupant.

After performing life-saving measures the patient was transferred to paramedics, the spokesperson said.

Firefighters at a fire on Brussel Street in Etobicoke on March 23, 2023. Matthew Pegg / Toronto Fire Services

Toronto paramedics told Global News they transported a woman with life-threatening injuries to hospital.

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Fire officials said the fire was extinguished and crews are continuing to clear the smoke.

The Ontario Fire Marshal’s office has been called in to investigate.

Fire truck outside a home on Brussel Street that caught on fire in Etobicoke on March 23, 2023. Marianne Dimain / Global News
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