7 missing after a Woodstock apartment building explosion

By News Staff

Posted Mar 27, 2011 04:25:09 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

WOODSTOCK, Ontario — Police say seven people remain unaccounted for after an apparent explosion and fire at an apartment building in Woodstock, Ontario.

Police say seven other people, including a firefighter, were injured in this morning’s blaze.

Six of those injured were treated and released from hospital, the other remains in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

Flames tore through the three-storey apartment building after residents reported hearing an explosion.

Police say the middle portion of the building collapsed.

Hotel accommodations are being set up for residents displaced by the fire.

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