FIRE DESTROYS LAKE OF BAYS HOME EARLY WEDNESDAY WHILE OCCUPANTS OUT

LAKE OF BAYS — In what the fire department is calling a complete loss, a home in east Muskoka was destroyed early this morning.

There was no one home at the time of the blaze.

Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a structure fire on 1005 Winoka Way in Lake of Bays.

The home is southeast of Tally Ho Inn in Hillsdale off Peninsula Lake. And located off Hwy. 60 near Golf Course Road and Sunset Lane.

Station 1 Huntsville, Station 2 Port Cunningham, and Station 3 Hillside responded in a backup involving six apparatuses and 18 firefighters.

Fire crews had to act quickly to contain the fire and avoid the flames spreading throughout the surrounding bush to other structures.

The involved structure is a complete loss.

The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time and currently under investigation.