UPDATE 12/27, 1:47 p.m.: One Kansas City neighborhood remains in mourning after a fire claimed the life of a Kansas City man.
Sunday morning, neighbors identified the man as Fred Hill.
"Mr. Fred was so sweet, he didn't harm nobody. He wouldn't harm a soul. Just to see him go like that, is just ridiculous," said Yolanda Williams, who lives next door.
Williams told 41 Action News Hill moved into his home five years ago. He was constricted to a wheelchair.
"We are all hurting over here. We are all hurt, we are just stunned... we can't believe it," she said.
The Kansas City Fire Department is continuing to investigate the cause.
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One person has died following a fire at 6111 College Ave. in Kansas City, Mo.
Fire crews reported to the scene of the fire around 8 p.m. on Saturday evening.
When they arrived, they saw smoke and fire coming out from the home.
A Kansas City Fire Department battalion chief on the scene says the victim was an elderly, handicapped man.
He was found in his bedroom in the northwest corner of the home.
Crews say a woman was able to run to a neighbor's house and call for help.
She was taken to the hospital and is currently being treated for smoke inhalation.
The American Red Cross is assisting a total of three people from the home.
The area is taped off with crime scene tape.
Fire investigators remain on the scene and are investigating.
