Man dies in overnight fire on St.Dennis Drive

A man described by neighbors as “a bit of a hoarder” has died in an apartment fire overnight on St. Dennis Drive in Flemingdon Park. The man, 65, was found in his bed after the two-alarm fire was extinguished. The man was without vital signs when he was pulled from the smoke-filled room, and he died at the scene. Fire authorities said there was an “unusual amount of material” kept within the room including a  “fair amount of combustibles stored in the bedroom”.