Dufferin Grove house fire leaves woman dead, 4 injured [Video]

A woman has been pronounced dead and four others have been taken to hospital following a basement fire that broke out at a home in the Dufferin Grove area overnight and is now being investigated as suspicious.

Emergency crews responded to a fire at a two-storey home at 140 Rusholme Road, near College Street and Dovercourt Road, shortly after midnight.

Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the home and several people inside.

“During the course of search and rescue operations, two occupants were located inside the home, immediately rescued and transferred to @TorontoMedics,” Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg wrote in a post on social media.

“Sadly, one patient has been pronounced deceased and the second has been transported to hospital in critical condition. I extend our deepest condolences to family, friends and all those impacted by this tragic incident.”

Toronto Paramedic Services said there were five adult patients pulled …