1 dead, 4 injured in west-end fire early Tuesday

Toronto paramedics said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire and three additional adults were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

A woman is dead and a man is in hospital with critical injuries after a residential fire in Toronto's west end early Tuesday, according to the city's fire chief and paramedics.

Crews responded to the fire just after midnight on Rusholme Road north of College Street in Dufferin Grove, Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Toronto paramedics said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire and three additional adults were taken to hospital with minor injuries.