Fire in TCH seniors' apartment building kills 3, sends 15 to hospital
Fire crews found heavy black smoke on 5th floor
An Ontario fire marshal investigator says the victims of a deadly seniors' apartment building fire in east Toronto may have been overcome by smoke after fleeing their apartments and venturing into a top floor hallway.
Three people died and 15 more suffered smoke inhalation or other minor injuries after a fire broke out on the fifth floor of a Toronto Community Housing building at 1315 Neilson Rd. in Scarborough.
"It's my understanding that people went from a position of relative safety into the fire area," fire marshal investigator Jeff Tebby told reporters outside the building on Friday night.
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