A nursing home resident is dead after a fire broke out Friday in a North York facility.

The fire that claimed the woman’s life was small and began near the lobby on the first floor of the city-run Cummer Lodge long-term-care home on Cummer Avenue, in the Yonge and Finch area. Firefighters put out the blaze shortly after receiving a call around 8:30 p.m., said District Chief Stephan Powell.

The woman suffered third-degree burns and was sent to a burn centre at Sunnybrook hospital that evening. She died Saturday morning.

In statement released Saturday, the city of Toronto said it “offers its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the resident at Cummer Lodge who tragically died earlier today.”

No one else in the building was injured and no evacuation was necessary. The Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating.

All appeared to be calm and back to normal outside the seniors residence on Saturday afternoon, with no police, paramedics or fire services visible on the premises.

Ward 18 (Willowdale) Coun. John Filion said he didn’t have any more information about the circumstances of the death, but said: “It’s a very well-run building with very caring staff.” Filion called what happened a “very tragic accident.”

Cummer Lodge is home to 391 residents and is operated by the city’s Senior services and long-term care division. The nursing home declined to comment on the death.

Another resident of a city-operated home died in September after getting into an altercation with a resident at the Bendale Acres Long-Term Care on Lawrence Avenue East.

In 2016, three residents died in a fire at a Toronto Community Housing apartment for seniors at 1315 Neilson Road. Toronto Fire Services Deputy Chief Jim Jessop later determined more rigorous fire safety regulations and sprinklers could have prevented the fire.

More recently, on June 24, a three-alarm fire ripped through the Kennedy Lodge nursing home in Scarborough after starting in the building’s laundry room. Residents were able to return the same day.

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With files from Gilbert Ngabo

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