A tough day for the Fayetteville Fire Department after firefighters responded to a fire that turned deadly.
The fire was reported around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday on Armstrong Street. Shortly after arriving and battling the intense flames, they found a person dead in the bedroom.
Neighbor Jaleel McLaughlin captured the fire on his cellphone. He says he was at home when the street lights in front of his home went out.
“So I look outside and turn and look. The whole thing was engulfed in flames. It was like, you could see it from the back to the whole house. And then I see this orange light shining on my porch. And when I came outside and the electricity in the wires started sparking.”
Fire officials have not released the name of the person they found.
However, McLaughlin and Deborah Galloway say they knew him personally as a friendly neighbor named ‘Willie.’
“He was chill. He asked about the kids when we walked by or see how we’re doing. “Very nice,” Galloway said.
A spokesperson for the fire department tells ABC11 the fire appears to be accidental.