One person rushed to hospital after being pulled from Hamilton house fire
One person was rushed to hospital after being pulled without vital signs from a fire in Hamilton Friday morning.
The fire broke out at around 9:45 a.m. at 12 Hilda Avenue.
Firefighters were met with heavy smoke on the first floor after entering the two-and-a-half storey residence.
Firefighters rescued one person who was trying to get out of the home and they were transferred to the care of paramedics.
A second person was found without vital signs and was transferred to paramedics, who rushed them to hospital.
Hamilton Fire said the blaze appears to have started in a dresser. It wad extinguished by the first occupant and did not spread through the home.
It is not clear what caused the fire, which caused about $1,500 worth of damage.
The Office of the Fire Marshal has been notified, as well as the Hamilton police fire investigator.
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