A house was destroyed by fire just south of Parry Sound on Saturday afternoon.

It happened shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Rankin Lake Road, near Rankin Lake, in Seguin Township.

Seguin Township Fire Chief Don Hood tells CTV News that nobody was home at the time of the fire and the home is destroyed.

Firefighters from the McDougall Fire Department and Parry Sound Fire Department are also on scene providing mutual aid.

We’ll have more tonight on CTV News at 11.