A 40-year-old man died, and his 58-year-old mother was injured in a fire late Monday night. The Cleveland Division of Fire later confirmed that the home did not have working smoke detectors.
Firefighters rushed to the burning house located along West 59th Street and Dension around midnight. When fire officials arrived, they said the house was fully engulfed, and smoke could be seen rising from several blocks away.
At one point, our Overnight News Tracker captured firefighters sawing through and ripping down fencing to get access to the property. Cleveland Fire Public Information Officer Lieutenant Mike Norman said that the high winds complicated matters, making the fight challenging for responding crews. He says the home had “several contents inside.”…