Toronto firefighter injured while responding to peeling roof downtown

CTV News

A Toronto firefighter is in the hospital after being injured while responding to a peeling roof downtown on Sunday afternoon.

Toronto Fire Services (TFS) says crews were called to a home on Oxford Street, near Bathurst and College Streets, at 4:43 p.m.

The firefighter suffered severe but non-life-threatening injuries, Toronto paramedics told CP24.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are not immediately known.

“Our thoughts are with our injured Firefighter, and we’re wishing them a full and speedy recovery,” TFS Chief Jim Jessop said in a post on social media.

 

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