Damage to an unoccupied home in Oro-Medonte Township is pegged at $1.5 million.
Fire Chief Roree Payment, in an email to Barrie 360, said crews were called to the blaze on Bass Lake Side Road at Line 3 around midnight.
"Crews arrived to find a well involved fire in a single-family home threatening a nearby home," Payment wrote.
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He said seven apparatus and approximately 30 firefighters were on scene and able to bring the fire under control in 40 minutes.
In a media release, Orillia OPP said their Major Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Services have been notified about the fire and are investigating.
