Firefighter injured as crews battle 3-alarm residential blaze in Midtown

A Toronto firefighter was injured as crews worked to contain an overnight three-alarm residential fire in Midtown.

Toronto Fire Services (TFS) was called to Taunton Road, near Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue East, shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

The three-alarm fire impacted as many as two homes, and once the blaze was contained, first responders safely evacuated multiple residents. A firefighter was assessed for minor injuries.

Toronto paramedics tell CityNews that another man suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital. No other injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

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