VIDEO: A house fire early Saturday morning killed one man and brought fire crews from three different departments face-to-face with a difficult and dangerous challenge.
Jeff Buchanan, Clark County Fire Department Deputy Chief, said crews found significant debris inside of the home making it difficult for them to get inside, fight the fire, and potentially rescue the man inside.
Neighbor Sam Whitten said she watched as crews probed for entrances through walls of trash, and then became nervous for fire fighters when they found their way in while the home was still burning.
"All of the doors and windows were blocked," she said, "just to think that there's so much stuff in there. You don't know what's going to fall on them, hit them. They're digging around doing their best to look for a person."