1 person seriously injured after fire at supportive housing building in Toronto

Authorities say an early morning fire on the second floor of a residential building near Dovercourt and Dundas seriously injured one person

One person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a fire at a supportive housing building in Toronto.

The fire broke out at a residential building on Dovercourt Road, near Dundas Street West, shortly before 4 a.m.

Toronto Fire told CP24 that flames were reported in a unit on the second floor.

Most of the fire was extinguished by an internal sprinkler system and a resident was found with injuries out in the hallway of that floor.

The victim, a person in their 70s, was taken to a local trauma centre with serious injuries, paramedics said.

Fire investigators will be attending the scene later today.