Man dead, woman in hospital after overnight housefire in Scarborough

A man has died after being pulled from a two-alarm house fire in Scarborough Christmas morning.

A man has died after being pulled from a two-alarm house fire in Scarborough Christmas morning.

Emergency crews were called to a home on Allanford Road, in the area of Birchmount Road and Hwy. 401, at around 2:40 a.m.

Firefighters arrived to find an active fire. They pulled two people from the home and transferred them to the care of paramedics, Toronto Fire said.

Toronto police said two patients – a male and female – were transported to hospital, where the man was pronounced dead.

The fire has since been put out. The cause is not yet known.

More details to come…