

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





A firefighter has been taken to hospital after a two-alarm fire broke out at an East York high-rise Monday morning.

The fire started at a unit on the seventh floor of a building at Cosburn and Pape avenues at around 7:40 a.m., Toronto Fire Services Captain Mike Strapko told CP24.

It was knocked down by firefighters shortly before 8 a.m.

Strapko said one firefighter was taken to hospital with minor injuries as a result of the fire.

It’s not yet clear how badly the building was damaged or how the fire started.

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