Officials are investigating the cause of a massive fire that demolished a home Thursday in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
The fire is out, but crews worked into the night to secure the building.
The blaze broke out around 2:30 p.m. when Michael Sullivan was sleeping in a second-floor bedroom.
"I smelled smoke. I figured someone had a fire going," he said. "I went downstairs, and the whole bottom of the stairs was full of smoke."
Sullivan was lucky to make it out unhurt - he ran out the back door and a neighbor called 911. Fire crews responded promptly, but the fire was so ferocious that it quickly consumed the house, as well as a camper and truck parked in the backyard.
Sullivan lived at the home with his two brothers. They say it's been a rough summer - they just lost their mother.
"Three weeks before that, I had a tumor removed. This is a bad year for me, I don't know what it is," said Sullivan. "Hopefully this is the end, I got nothing else to go, everything else is gone."
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The brothers' cousin, Debbie Cannata, says she will help them with whatever they need. The American Red Cross is also assisting.
