And a world war veteran. Were standing in front of that home on 2300 block of eagle avenue in alameda. Whats left of this home following that morning fire. The house going up in flames and crews finding that man deceased inside. Lets show you some video from our nbc bay area skyranger. According to alameda fire, theyre saying their fire started roughly before 6 00 a. M. Started seeing smoke coming out of windows and basement areas the crews were able to knock this out in 30 minutes, but they found the elderly man inside pronounced dead on the scene. He lived here decades, mostly by himself. He was a world war veteran and folks the this tightknit neighborhood described him as a fine man. Their worst fears were confirmed when he didnt come outside. Here is one of the neighbors i spoke to speaking about her neighbor this morning. He was old and we would all try to pitch in and help. And, you know, he would come out and sit on his porch every morning and everybody, you know, would give him