SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A man died in a house fire in Mira Mesa Friday evening. According to San Diego Fire-Rescue, the home on Eridanus Court caught on fire a little after 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 29.
Firefighters told ABC 10News multiple people were inside the home, including a 5-year-old girl. Everyone managed to make it out, expect for a man in his 30s.
His roommate told ABC 10News the man had just came home from the hospital and was using a walker to get around.
"He was handicapped in some sense, and I heard that he tried to put out the fire and he tried to get a bucket up there, but by the time he got up there, it was too much smoke," Gia Vuong said.
SDFR is still investigating the cause of the fire.
