A house fire on Old Highland Orchard Road east of Bridgeport destroyed a structure Sunday night, and two people thought to have been in the home were unaccounted for Monday morning.
Douglas County Sheriff Kevin Morris said in a press release that two people were able to escape but the status of the two other people remained unknown. The fire was reported at 9:51 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of Old Highland Orchard Road, about three miles east of Bridgeport. The structure was a total loss, Morris said, and the cause and circumstances was not known.
Firefighters and investigators were still on the scene Monday morning. Bridgeport and Douglas County Fire District 3 officials couldn't immediately be reached for comment.