One dead, many rescued at George St. public housing fire

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One person has died in a fire at the Toronto Community Housing Corp. building late Thursday afternoon. Several others were taken to hospital. Firefighters urgently employed making rescues from upper floor of the four-storey home. as many as 12 people were brought out by ladder. Fire Captain David Eckerman told CP24 that when rescuers arrived, they saw flames coming from the fourth floor and residents on balconies.