One person is still unaccounted for after a house fire on Laurier Drive in LaSalle.

An investigator with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal is on the scene at the house in the 600 block of Laurier Drive.

Deputy fire chief Ed Thiessen says the fire took place on Sunday around 3:45 p.m. He says damage is estimated at $200,000.

Thiessen says one person was taken to hospital and he believes that person has now been released. One person is still listed as unaccounted for.

Neighbours say an elderly couple lived there.

Thiessen says 29 firefighters battled the blaze.