A 69-year-old Barrie man has died in a Toronto hospital after firefighters here rescued him from a smoke-filled apartment early March 1.

The man was taken to a Toronto trauma centre suffering from smoke inhalation after Simcoe County paramedics treated him at the scene in Barrie.

He died in hospital Tuesday afternoon. An autopsy is scheduled for later today.

Emergency crews were called to a separate building containing two apartments on property behind a Caroline Street home at about 2 a.m. Sunday.