Police were continuing a wide-scale search Monday for a man wanted in a murder investigation after three bodies were found at a fire-gutted home in the Muskoka region, one of Canada’s most popular summer destinations, three days earlier, a grisly discovery that led to a near four-hour shelter-in-place order for local residents.

Shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of shots fired at a home on Beatrice Town Line Road in Bracebridge, about 185 km north of Toronto.

When police arrived, one man was found dead outside and the residence in flames. On Saturday, police announced that two more bodies had been found inside the home, which was destroyed by fire.

A shelter-in-place advisory was posted on social media around 9:30 p.m. Friday. Police warned

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