Man Missing after House Fire

Posted May 29, 2010 08:36:49 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A house fire just outside of Guelph has left one man missing and three firefighters injured.

Yesterday afternoon O-P-P responded to the blaze in Eden Mills to find the whole house completely engulfed…

The homeowner, 80-year-old Bill Ritchie, is unaccounted for while his wife Ivy didn’t sustain any injuries.

O-P-P Constable Keith Robb believes that Ritchie could still be in the house. He added that all injuries to the firefighters were minor.

The Fire Marshal is investigating.

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