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Oshawa: One person taken to hospital after downtown apartment fire

Fire crews rescued multiple people from an apartment building near Simcoe Street South and Bruce Street on Wednesday evening; one person was taken to hospital.

By Daily Durham News

Nov 12, 2026, 8:34 a.m. ET1 min read

A red fire truck parked on a residential street. File photo. — File photo: a fire truck in Brampton, Ontario. The photo does not show the Oshawa fire. (Photo: Milan Suvajac / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Credit: Milan Suvajac / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

One person was taken to hospital after a fire at an apartment building in downtown Oshawa on Wednesday evening, November 11, 2026.

The fire broke out just before 8 p.m. at the building near Simcoe Street South and Bruce Street. Fire crews rescued multiple people from the building, and paramedics treated people at the scene. One person was taken to hospital with injuries described as unknown.

The fire was under control within an hour and was out by 10 p.m. No cause and no damage estimate were stated.

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