A newborn baby boy dropped off outside a Georgina fire station was discovered overnight by firefighters, York police say.

“I can’t, in 27 years, ever think or remember this happening,” York Region Police Duty Insp. Andy Graham said.

The infant, who appears to be only a day or two old, was found just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday at the Sutton fire hall at 37 Snooks Rd., Graham said.

“The newborn has been transported to hospital as a precaution. The baby appears healthy,” he said.

“We are in the initial stages of an investigation and the Children’s Aid Society has been engaged in this event.”

Graham didn’t know where outside the fire hall the boy was found or how long he had been there before he was discovered.

The weather was cold overnight with the temperature in the single digits.

It’s unknown whether charges will be laid if the person who dropped off the baby is found, Graham said.

Abandoning a baby in Canada is a criminal offence.

“Our first primary concern is to ensure everyone involved in this event is safe and healthy,” Graham said.

“It’s too soon at the initial stages of the investigation to say anything further than that.”

In the United States, some states have safe-haven laws allowing parents unable to care for their newborns to leave them at a fire hall, police station or hospital.

Supporters have been lobbying for similar policies in Canada in an effort to ensure babies who can’t be cared for by family aren’t abandoned or discarded in dangerous or life-threatening places.

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