TORONTO – Police are continuing to search for a missing two-year-old boy in St. Jacobs, Ont.
The boy could be trapped in the rubble of the family barn which collapsed during a large fire on Friday.
The blaze broke out just after 7 p.m., gutting the barn on the Lobsinger Line farm in St. Jacobs.
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Global News has learned the boy was playing in the upper level of the barn around the time the fire started.
The young boy, who lives on the property, was reported missing Friday night and neighbours and police quickly started a search of the property for the boy. They were unable to search the barn Friday however due to the fire.
Monday morning, crews searched the barn for remains but said due to the intensity of the flames, the body was likely incinerated.
The remains of two horses and a dozen cows were found.
The office of the fire marshal is investigating the fire’s cause but is expected to wrap their search for the boy today.
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