A huge Century old home in Meaford was severely damaged in a fire yesterday.
No final figure is in, but damage is estimated at about $400,000.
The 2nd storey of the house is heavily damaged by fire and the roof is gone.
Deputy Fire Chief Dan Shaw says firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after 7 Saturday morning and smoke was pouring out of the 2nd floor of the house.
Shaw says firefighters entered the home but found part of the main floor upstairs had already collapsed, so they pulled back out of the burning building.
A hi-ho had to be brought in to peel back the tin roof so they could get water in.
Deputy fire chief Shaw says the owners had put thousands into renovations in the old home and were planning on moving in next weekend.
He says workers had been there on Friday but it is not clear what started the fire.
