1 hospitalized after fire at Parkdale apartment

Crews on the scene of a fire at a Parkdale apartment on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Daniel Berry/CityNews

Posted March 2, 2022 8:28 pm.

One person was taken to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries after a fire at a Parkdale apartment on Wednesday evening.

Toronto Fire says the flames were contained to one unit on the first floor of a complex at 1447 King Street West, near Springhurst Avenue.

Crews were able to quickly extinguish the two-alarm blaze, which broke out just after 5:00 p.m.

There’s no word on what caused the fire at this point.

Police closed the westbound lanes of King Street West at Jameson Avenue, but all lanes have since reopened.

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