‘It’s tragic’: Man dead after fire in Brampton residential building – Toronto | 24CA News

A person is lifeless after a fireplace at a residential constructing in Brampton on Monday morning.

Emergency crews had been referred to as to the scene within the space of Kennedy and Tullamore roads, north of Steeles Avenue East, simply after 8:20 a.m.

Brampton Fire Chief Bill Boyes mentioned fireplace crews responded to the scene inside 4 minutes.

He mentioned a fireplace was positioned on the third ground and crews extricated a person who was then taken to hospital in life-threatening situation. He later died.

“At this time, the fire is under investigation. We have notified the Office of the Fire Marshal, along with our internal Brampton fire investigators,” Boyes mentioned.

“They will be looking into the origin, the cause and the circumstances of this fire later today and throughout the afternoon.”

Boyes mentioned the fireplace was contained to 1 unit, which suffered heavy injury.

The sufferer was discovered within the bed room of the unit and was taken by means of the within of the constructing exterior to paramedics, Boyes added. He was the one individual contained in the condo on the time.

The precise nature of the person’s accidents should not recognized.

Boyes mentioned all the constructing was evacuated, however residents have since been allowed to return to their items.

“It’s tragic when you see anybody lose their life in a fire. And today being Family Day, it even hits home even more,” he mentioned.

“I think it’s just a reminder to everybody watching please, think of fire safety. Make sure you check your smoke alarms, your carbon monoxide alarms. If you have a fire, know what to do in the event of a fire and how to escape so you can get out safely.”

It’s not but recognized if there have been working smoke alarms within the unit the place the fireplace occurred.

Peel Regional Police are additionally investigating.

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