2 dead, 1 with life-threatening injuries after house fire in Mississauga

Two people are dead and another is badly injured after a house fire in Mississauga Tuesday morning, emergency services say.

Crews responded to a home on Bromsgrove Road, near Winston Churchill Boulevard and Royal Windsor Drive, around 3 a.m.

According to Mississauga Fire Chief Deryn Rizzi, two people without vital signs were extracted from bedrooms on the second floor of the residence.

Two other people were able to escape the blaze by themselves, Rizzi said, and were on the front lawn of the home when firefighters arrived. One of those people had serious burns to their body, Rizzi added. A paramedic was also taken to hospital to be assessed for smoke inhalation.

The deceased are a man and a woman, Peel police told media from the scene later Tuesday. No further details about the pair were provided because investigators were still trying to notify their next of kin.

Meanwhile, another woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries and a man has minor injuries.

A dog and cat were also removed from the house. The dog died, Rizzi said, while the cat was uninjured.

Jim Gillespie, an investigator with the Ontario Fire Marshal's office, said Tuesday afternoon that the fire doesn't appear suspicious. That statement came after emergency officials initially reported the incident was being investigated as suspicious Tuesday morning.

While it may look like the fire started in several different spots, Gillespie said he believes it originated in one area and the rest of the damage is due to the fire's spread.

He said investigators have also not found any evidence of working smoke alarms so far.

"The cause of the fire is unknown at this point ... All possibilities are being considered as a part of the investigation," police said in a statement.

Bromsgrove Road was closed between Cramer Street and Winston Churchill Boulevard. Emergency crews are expected to be on scene for "quite sometime," police said.