‘This is a very deep tragedy’: U of T student from China, 18, dies in Scarborough house fire
An 18-year-old woman is dead and three more have been injured after a house fire engulfed a Scarborough home early Wednesday morning.
The fire began at 2:30 a.m. at the house on Haida Crt., near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. All of the home’s occupants were students at the university’s nearby campus.
A fire broke out in a Scarborough home early Wednesday near Scarborough’s U of T campus. One person died and three more were injured. (Steve Russell / Toronto Star file photo)
The woman and the three other occupants are international students from China, U of T spokesperson Michael Kurts confirmed in an interview with CP24.
“This is obviously a terrible tragedy. The thoughts of the entire campus community are with these students that were effected and their family members,” Kurts said. The school has reached out to the students to offer their support.
"The thoughts of the entire campus community are with the family of the student who was killed in the fire and with the three other students who were in the house," said Bruce Kidd, vice-president and principal of U of T’s Scarborough campus.
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The blaze burned through multiple stories of the house, while the residents were still inside. One reportedly jumped from the second story.
Two men were treated for smoke inhalation, while one woman in her 20s was taken to hospital with severe burns.
Toronto Fire chief Matthew Pegg spoke to reporters outside the scene. “This breaks my heart to see this,” Pegg said. “Despite all of our best efforts and all the efforts our crews will always make to do their very, very best to effect a rescue, unfortunately we just weren’t able to get in given the conditions that were here.”
“We have confirmation of one person that’s lost their life here today,” Pegg said, noting that the Office of the Fire Marshal has been notified and will be investigating. “This is a very deep tragedy and we need to know what happened.” With files from Jenna Moon
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