Deer Lake hotel fire leaves 1 dead [Video]

DEER LAKE, N.L –

A 77-year-old Kansas man visiting western Newfoundland has not been seen since the evening before fire destroyed his hotel, police said Monday.

Eugene Earl Spoon was a guest at the Driftwood Inn in Deer Lake, N.L., police confirmed. The hotel caught fire early Saturday.

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“We’re continuing to search for him as a missing person,” Cpl. Jolene Garland said in an interview. “We cannot say he remained in the hotel during the fire, and we cannot say that he (did) not. He’s unaccounted for.”

Spoon was last seen on Friday evening in Deer Lake, and efforts were underway Monday to search the burned area, she added.

Emergency crews began arriving at the inn at around 7 a.m. Saturday. Several fire departments …