Three people are dead and a child is in hospital following an overnight house fire in Brampton, Ont.
Brampton Fire Chief Michael Clark says firefighters were called to the home on Madison St. at 4:10 a.m. and found the three bodies inside.
Clark did not reveal the age of the injured girl but says a resident in the home may have helped saved her life.
``I'm told that there was a basement tenant who went upstairs and rescued the young female,'' Clark told reporters near the fire scene.
Clark said the girl suffered third-degree burns and smoke inhalation and was rushed to Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto.
The fire chief also said it appears the fire started on the main floor, but was uncertain where the victims were located by firefighters.
He said it took about 10 minutes to get the fire under control.
Clark said he was unsure whether there were any working smoke alarms in the home and this will be part of the investigation into the cause of the fire by the Ontario Fire Marshal, Peel Region police and Brampton fire investigators.
There was no immediate information on the ages and genders of those who died.