A man died in a heavy house fire in Douglas, Massachusetts, just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, according to officials.
A 911 call came in around 10:20 p.m. about the fire in the two-and-a-half story building.
"We did have one person unaccounted for. We did confirm that it was a fatality," Douglas Fire Chief Kent Vinson said.
Fire departments from multiple nearby towns were on scene to help knock down the flames.
No firefighters were injured.
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Fire officials said there were no working smoke or carbon monoxide detectors inside the home. Outside obstacles also made things difficult for crews.
"There's a lot of brush in front of the building and around back," Vinson said. "There was a heavy amount of fire on the backside of the building with limited crews on arrival. Within five, six minutes we had a couple of engine companies here and mutual aid on the way."
The victim's name was withheld but a neighbor told NBC10 Boston that the man who died lived alone and was a very kind person.
The three-alarm fire remains under investigation.
