Fire Captain James Warren has left St. Michael’s Hospital alongside fellow firefighter Terry Leimonis, three weeks after suffering critical injuries in a fall from a burning three-storey building, according to Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg.

“As they explained, ‘We came in here together and we will go out together too,” Pegg wrote in a tweet Saturday night.

Warren and Leimonis were battling a fire at an abandoned building near Jarvis and Shuter Sts. on Nov. 2 when they were tasked with ventilating the building from the roof to allow crews to enter the building.

Toronto Fire District Chief Stephan Powell said the firefighters fell off the roof as a result of “extremely bad” smoke conditions and that it’s possible the firefighters thought they had safe footing because the roof had several levels. Paramedics rushed them to hospital.

Leimonis suffered a broken leg and was released from hospital shortly after the incident. At the time, fire officials said Warren was in critical condition.

“It’s something all of us feel. There’s a real sense of concern, almost from a family level,” Pegg said, noting the appropriate programs and resources to help firefighters cope with the incident.

Pegg said fighting the blaze was particularly difficult because the building was abandoned and it was unclear whether anyone was inside.

“Our first goal always is, and will always be, the rescue of people that may be trapped,” Pegg said. “Dealing with and responding to fires ... especially when we cannot confirm if everyone is accounted for and safe, means that our people will assume and take on a considerable amount of risk.”

With files from Raneem Alozzi and Jacob Lorinc