Man injured in apartment building fire near St. Lawrence Market

The scene after a fire broke out in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon. (Matt Wilkens/CITYNEWS)
The scene after a fire broke out in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon. (Matt Wilkens/CITYNEWS)

A man has been taken to the hospital after a balcony fire in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon.

Toronto Fire Services say they were called to an apartment building at 3:31 p.m. for reports of a fire at 176 The Esplanade.

Toronto paramedics say they took one man to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Firefighters say the balcony fire occurred on the fifth floor of the building.

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