PRINCETON (CBS) – A man is missing after an explosion and fire at his home in central Massachusetts late Thursday morning.

Firefighters were called to the house on Ball Hill Road in Princeton around 10:30 a.m.  When they arrived the home was engulfed in flames and thick smoke.

Authorities said the missing man is 61-years old.  They have not released his name.

Neighbors told WBZ-TV’s Sera Congi he is a truck driver.

No other information is available at this point in the investigation.