Joshua Freeman, CP24.com
Published Sunday, November 2, 2014 6:47AM EST
Last Updated Sunday, November 2, 2014 11:13PM EST
An elderly couple is dead after an overnight fire tore through a duplex in the Dixon and martin Grove roads area.
Firefighters and paramedics were called to the home on Abigail Place around 3:30 a.m. to find the front of the home completely engulfed in flames.
Twelve fire trucks and 45 firefighters worked to put out the blaze.
When they got inside, firefighters found an 80-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman without vital signs in the bedroom.
It's believed the two were asleep when the fire broke out.
"Unfortunately the couple that was VSA was probably VSA by the time we arrived," Toronto Fire Division Commander Bob O'Hallarn told CP24.
The exact cause of death has not yet been determined.
The fire was put out shortly after 4 a.m.
Neighbour Manpreet Farwaha said he came out of his house when he heard other neighbours banging at his door.
"My wife said there was someone banging our door like crazy. I came out and people said there's a fire beside your home," Farwaha said. "I got my whole family out and within five minutes I saw the fire was everywhere."
He described the couple, who would often take care of his home while he was away, as good people and great neighbours.
"They were a very nice couple, old people – a husband and wife. They were very, very nice and gentle people," Farwaha said.
The brother of the man who died said the deaths are a big loss for his family.
"They were great people," the man told reporters.
O'Hallarn said damage is estimated at about $500,000.
He said a car in the driveway was also damaged by the intense heat.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. However O'Hallarn said it comes at a time of year when fire officials are reminding people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
The Ontario Fire Marshall's Office is attending the scene.
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