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A 39-year-old Toronto man has been charged after an 8-month-old baby girl died in hospital following a Scarborough house fire on the weekend.Posted: Jan 22, 2025 7:47 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
A baby girl died following a house fire in Scarborough on Saturday. A man, 39, has been charged in the fatal fire, Toronto police said on Wednesday. A 39-year-old Toronto man has been charged after an 8-month-old baby girl died in hospital following a Scarborough house fire on the weekend. The fire happened in the area of Finch Avenue East and Brimley Road. Toronto police were called to the home on Saturday at 11:15 a.m.Police said on the weekend that four people were taken to hospital following the fire: the baby girl, a four-year-old boy, a woman in her 70s who suffered an unrelated medical episode, and the accused.
The boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries from smoke inhalation, while the accused suffered self-inflicted injuries, police said.The man has been charged with arson — disregard for human life. He was due to appear in a Toronto courtroom on Wednesday. On the weekend, police said the baby, child, man and woman in her 70s are family members but police declined to comment on the nature of their relationship.
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