Overview
- Officers responded around 10:40 a.m. to a passerby’s report of a dispute and an assault near Lake Shore Boulevard West and Eighth Street.
- Police found a woman in her 50s on fire inside a tent and pulled her out, and she was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
- One officer suffered minor hand injuries during the rescue and was treated and released from hospital.
- Fire crews reported a wooden structure burning beside an abandoned building at the scene as the cause remains under investigation.
- Police say the blaze appears suspicious, have not confirmed any link to the assault report, and are seeking a woman seen walking away.