"Toronto police say a woman in her 50s is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a tent fire in Etobicoke Tuesday. Officers were called to the area of Lake Shore Boulevard and Eighth Street at around 9:45 a.m. for reports of an assault in the area, the Toronto Police Service said in a post on social media Tuesday. Upon arrival, police located a woman on fire inside a tent engulfed in flames, Duty Insp. Peter Wallace said Tuesday afternoon."
"Wallace said the woman was removed from the tent and rushed to a trauma centre. Emergency Medical Services told CBC Toronto they transported an adult woman to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Toronto Fire Services confirmed they responded to reports of a fire near a building. A wooden structure in the rear of the building was on fire and crews extinguished it, firefighters told CBC Toronto."
"Wallace said a woman was seen walking away from the area at the time of the incident. Though she is not believed to be a suspect at this time, police are looking to speak to her. Wallace said the fire appears suspicious but the investigation is at an early stage. Police were originally called to the area for a dispute between a man and a woman, but it is unclear if that incident involved the woman who has been hospitalized."
Officers responded to Lake Shore Boulevard and Eighth Street at about 9:45 a.m. after reports of an assault and found a woman on fire inside a tent. The woman, in her 50s, was removed from the tent and rushed to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries. Emergency crews extinguished a wooden structure fire at the rear of an abandoned building where people had been staying in the laneway. A woman was seen walking away from the scene and police want to speak to her, though she is not currently considered a suspect. The Ontario Fire Marshall is leading the investigation and police are asking for information or dashcam footage.
Read at www.cbc.ca
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