One person is unaccounted for after a house fire near Glenside, Sask., RCMP say.

Emergency crews from the nearby communities of Outlook and Hanley were called to the fire at a home in the R.M. of Rudy around 12:20 a.m. on Friday.

When they arrived, flames were shooting out of the building.

Two women got out of the house without injury, but a 70-year-old man did not get out and police say he is unaccounted for.

The cause of the fire is not yet known, but police do not believe it is suspicious.

Fire investigators and the coroner are at the scene.