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Man missing after farmhouse fire Body found after farmhouse fire
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Five people have been taken to hospital and a man is missing following a fire at a farmhouse in Fife. A man has died and five people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a farmhouse in Fife.
Fire crews were called to the property in Cluny, near Cardenden, at 0400 GMT. Two of those rescued were children.Fire crews were called to the property in Cluny, near Cardenden, at 0400 GMT. Two of those rescued were children.
They have been taken to hospitals in Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline. Efforts to find the missing person have been hampered by the roof collapsing. The injured people, who were suffering from smoke inhalation, were taken to hospitals in Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline.
Fife fire and rescue have described the property as a single storey detached farmhouse close to a housing scheme. Efforts to find the dead man were hampered by the roof collapsing but his body was eventually found in the house by firefighters.
A spokesman for Fife Fire and Rescue Service said the fire has been extinguished. It is not known whether the missing man is in the house. Ch Supt Martin Birrell of Fife Constabulary said: "We are still in the process of identifying the body and are working with Fife Fire and Rescue Service to identify the cause of the fire."
Crews searching for the missing man were forced to withdraw from the house when the roof began to collapse shortly before 0700 GMT. Crews searching for the dead man were forced to withdraw from the single storey detached farmhouse when the roof began to collapse shortly before 0700 GMT.
Firefighters have since been able to re-enter the detached property and resume their search for the man. Firefighters were later able to re-enter the detached property and resume their search for the man.