Woman in her 90s found dead in house fire in Toronto’s east end, firefighters say

Toronto’s interim fire chief says a woman in her 90s died in a house fire early Christmas Eve.

Interim Chief Matthew Pegg says the woman was pronounced dead shortly after fire crews arrived at the residential neighbourhood in the city’s east end late Saturday morning.

He says the woman was the only person in the house, and nobody else was injured.

The cause of the fire and the extent of damages is not yet known.