Toronto fire crews provided oxygen to a man and his dog after a fire broke out in a low rise apartment building early Saturday.

Capt. Adrian Ratushniak, spokesperson for Toronto Fire Services, said fire crews received a call about the fire on Russell Hill Road, near Spadina Road and St. Clair Avenue West, at about 1:30 a.m.

Crews discovered a kitchen fire that had turned into a serious blaze on the second floor of the apartment building. They also found a dog in the unit, removed the animal and took him to his owner. The man and dog were given oxygen by firefighters.

"We gave oxygen to a pet," Ratushniak said Saturday.

No one was injured in the fire. Ratushniak said the fire began in a toaster.

Toronto Fire Services has special canine masks that were donated by a vet in 2007, Ratushniak said. He said they have been used many times since then to treat pets that have suffered smoke inhalation.

Sandra McLeod, deputy commander for Toronto Paramedic Services, said the dog's owner declined to go to the hospital after he received the oxygen.

"He told paramedics that he felt better," she said.

Crews put the fire out at about 1:45 a.m.. Ratushniak said the apartment residents did not have to leave their units but were asked to shelter in place. Several left their units of their own accord.

Const. David Hopkinson, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, said the man told officers that the dog was inside but he could not get him out.

Russell Hill Road, which was closed from St. Clair Avenue to Clarendon Avenue, has been reopened, Hopkinson said.