A fire at a homeless encampment near the Don Valley Parkway left one person with injuries Sunday morning.

Toronto Fire received numerous calls for a fire in the area of Bayview Avenue and Corktown Common Trail, shortly before 6 a.m.

Most of the calls came from concerned drivers on the Don Valley Parkway, Capt. David Eckerman from Toronto Fire Services said.

The location of the fire was difficult to get to, according to Eckerman.

“It was difficult for us to access because it’s down near the ravine, but when [the crew] did get there they described a lot of fire, mostly involving tents and rubbish and propane cylinders.”

One person was injured in the fire, Eckerman said.

Paramedics transported a man to hospital with serious injuries, Dept. Commander Nicole Rodrigues said.

The encampment has been cleared and there are “no individuals left at the site,” Tammy Robbinson, of City of Toronto media relations, wrote in an email.

Mayor John Tory commented on the fire at an unrelated event on Sunday.

“Our principle objective is to get more supportive housing and more affordable housing so that people don’t have to live in encampments, and we are hard at work on that,” he said.

“Thousands of units of affordable housing are under approval or under construction.”

Tory said the city approaches shutting down encampments sensitively, making sure to provide notice and appropriate services.

According to Robbinson, the City’s Streets-to-Homes team has visited the location seven times this month to provide outreach services.

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“Often clients refuse offered services and request to be left alone.”

Toronto Fire Services is conducting an investigation and say the cause of the fire is not known.

Margaryta Ignatenko is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @MargarytaIgnat1

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