BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo community is mourning following a deadly house fire that claimed the life of a man many called not just a neighbor, but family.

Officials have identified the victim as 71-year-old Randel Warner, who died in a fire that broke out at 112 Rano Street just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday evening.

According to Buffalo Fire officials, the fire started at the front of the home and quickly spread, causing more than $222,000 in damage. One firefighter was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

For neighbors on Rano Street, the tragedy is deeply personal.

"He was a man that would give you the shirt off of his back," one neighbor said. "Kind and respectful...a good person."

“He was a friend to every

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