VIDEO: A house fire Saturday in Monroe County took the lives of an elderly couple who were found inside the home.
87-year-old Morris Adair and his 91-year-old wife, Virginia, moved into a brand new home on Strickland Loop in Forsyth around the same time as their neighbor, Jim Caneup.
"Great guy, I think he's a decorated Vietnam veteran. Good, Christian people," said Caneup.
They built their houses around the same time, not too long ago.
"It's like, 'how does a two-year-old home catch fire?' So of course I'm sure they're investigating it," Caneup said.
Flames caused a grass fire that threatened the house next door. The man living there said he went outside after hearing what sounded like gunshots, saw smoke, and called 911.
"Fire trucks, and all this going on, and we didn't hear anything. We slept right through it and the only way we found out was my daughter called," said Caneup.