Woman injured in North York fire that appears to have been caused by an electric scooter: Toronto fire

A woman has been injured in a Sept. 14 fire near Highway 400, between Sheppard and Wilson avenues in North York.. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News Toronto)

A woman has been injured in a fire in North York, which Toronto fire said appears to have been caused by an electric scooter.

The blaze broke out on Sunday evening at a home on Joseph Griffin Lane, which is near Torbarrie Road and Judy Sgro Avenue, just east of Highway 400 between Sheppard and Wilson avenues.

Toronto fire said they were called to that area at 9:11 p.m. for reports of a fire in the front of a house.

They said crews arrived and saw visible flames behind a window.

The fire was suppressed, Toronto Fire Service said, and has been knocked down.

Paramedics told CTV News Toronto that they transported one patient, an adult female, to the hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.