VIDEO: First responders continue investigating a house fire in Blackstone on Sunday that killed a 2-year-old boy.
According to the Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department, crews were dispatched to the fire on the corner of Luke and North Hardy streets at 12:10 p.m.
Neighbors NBC12 spoke with say they could see a large cloud of black smoke from outside their windows followed by a chaotic scene.
“I was kind of scared, and I didn’t know what was going on. And then, all of a sudden, I walked outside, and I saw this blazing fire, and then I saw everybody coming down and everybody screaming and yelling,” Namian Brown, a neighbor, said. “Then I saw the dad crying that his baby was inside.” Dijon Anderson, a neighbor, said he called 911 as soon as he saw the smoke.