One person died after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Toronto on Saturday morning.
At around 8:10 a.m., firefighters responded to a fire in an eighth-floor apartment in a building on Victoria Park Avenue near O’Connor Drive.
Teams said they encountered heavy smoke and had to force their way into the unit.
One patient recovered from the unit and was pronounced dead, according to Toronto Fire.
His identity has not been revealed.
Authorities said the fire was quickly extinguished.
The Ontario fire commissioner has been called in to investigate.