VIDEO: A house fire in Camden County, New Jersey left one man dead and several others injured, including five police officers and two firefighters.
It happened around 1:13 p.m. Thursday on the 400 block of Cooper Folly Road in Waterford Township.
As officers arrived to heavy smoke coming from the entire home, they were able to rescue a woman inside.
But during a second reentry, they were unable to locate 89-year-old James Lucas due to heavy smoke and fire conditions. Parrish Deale heard a loud boom and crackling before he turned around to see his neighbor's house engulfed in flames.
Deale says he immediately ran towards the home, hoping to save those stuck inside.
"I knew that they needed help to be honest. There was a lot of smoke coming out the back and there was a big flame coming out the front," he recalled.