BRANTFORD, Ont. -- A fire that broke out on the second floor of a house west of Hamilton has left one person dead.
Brantford fire platoon chief Scott Foster says crews were called just before 5 a.m. Saturday to a two-alarm fire at a home at Washington and Buffalo Streetsin the city's north end.
He says firefighters evacuated two people from the triplex-style home, but found a person without vital signs in the second-floor unit where the blaze started.
Foster says the unidentified person was declared dead after being rushed to hospital.
He says it's not yet know what started the fire, but the Ontario Fire Marshal and Brantford Fire Department officials are investigating.
