A woman was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with “serious” injuries following a fire at an apartment on Erie Street Tuesday morning, Collingwood’s deputy fire chief said.
“It was contained to one unit,” Dan Thurman said.
“We did a complete evacuation of the building.”
According to Thurman, the fire originated in the unit’s kitchen and is not considered suspicious at this time.
“[There’s] heavy smoke damage, water damage and fire damage within the kitchen,” he said. “The unit itself is heavily damaged.”
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Thurman said the cause of the blaze and the cost of damages are unknown at this time.
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Residents of the building are allowed to go back inside, he added, saying the fire has been completely extinguished.
The Office of Fire Marshal is on the scene investigating
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