A 60-year-old man died in a fire which swept through his home in Lindale Road, Fenham, Newcastle, at 7pm on Thursday.
Neighbours tried to rescue the man but were beaten back by the heat.
Police, who have not named the man, said there were no suspicious circumstances.
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