A boy has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a house fire in Scarborough on Friday afternoon.

Toronto firefighters responded at around 1:25 p.m. to a fire in a house near Mammoth Hall Trail and Malvern Street, in the Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue East area.

Toronto Fire Services spokesperson said that they only removed a boy from the house, no one else was present in the house by the time they arrived.

The boy — with unknown injuries — was taken to hospital by Toronto paramedics.

The investigation is ongoing.