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Six people have been transported to hospital after a fire at an apartment building in North York.

The blaze broke out at a building in the area of Avenue Road and Wilson Avenue at around 12:40 p.m.

Toronto Fire told CP24 that crews arrived to find heavy smoke and upgraded the blaze to a second alarm.

“Upon arrival, our crews upgraded the call automatically because we had thick, heavy, black smoke in the air approaching the building,” Platoon Chief Chris Rowland told CP24. “Then when we did get here, we had flames from the balcony.”

Rowland said crews were held back by the smoke, as there was “zero” visibility and high temperatures, which melted a couple of visors.

The fire was contained to the unit itself, Rowland added.

Fire trucks parked outside a building in North York. (CP24/Simon Sheehan)

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