VIDEO: An elderly Dearborn man has died after his home caught on fire early Monday morning, fire officials said. The "hoarder-like" conditions of the home forced firefighters to flee the structure at one point.
At 7:30 a.m., firefighters responded to 2038 Detroit St. after receiving a report of a house fire.
When they arrived, they discovered heavy flames and smoke coming from the home.
"There was just smoke like everywhere. I like ran out of the house and I could see the smoke pouring out from here like everywhere," said Riley Hebert.
Hebert says within minutes first responders arrived on scene to save her next-door neighbor.
"Very, very quick. There was like one, then two, then three, then four, there was like one after another. They were on top of it really fast," Hebert stated.