1 hospitalized after being rescued from Beaches apartment fire

Debris from an apartment fire. Adrian Golombek/CityNews

Posted October 30, 2024 11:10 am.

Last Updated October 30, 2024 11:31 am.

Toronto Fire rescued an occupant from an apartment in the Beaches on Wednesday after a blaze broke out inside the unit.

Emergency crews were called to the residence at 125 Kenilworth Ave. near Queen Street East and Woodbine Avenue at around 9:15 a.m. following reports of smoke coming from a third-floor unit.

Once on scene, fire crews rescued a single occupant from the unit.

The person was taken to hospital with serious, non life-threatening injuries.

Crews have extinguished the fire and say it was isolated to the one unit.

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