The Roddickton-Bide Arm home of author Earl Pilgrim was destroyed by a fire on Saturday evening. The 78-year-old Pilgrim escaped from the house unharmed.
The cause of the fire, as of Sunday afternoon, was unknown.
Pilgrim is a prolific author of the Northern Peninsula. He has published a number of books, the most recent book of which, The Adventures of Ernest Doane, Volume 1, was released in 2017. He had been working on two additional volumes of the book.
Pilgrim has also served in the Canadian Army and is a former Canadian Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
He subsquently worked as a forest ranger and as a wildlife protection officer with the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
