Heavy flames were shooting through the roof of the home on Evelyn Street when firefighters responded shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday.

A 60-year-old Massachusetts man died in a house fire on Sunday. At about 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, someone passing by 16 Evelyn St. in Burlington saw the house fire and called 911. By the time crews arrived,

First responders rescued an unconscious resident from a blazing house fire early Sunday morning, Burlington Fire and Police departments reported. At about 4:08 a.m. Sunday morning, a passerby called in a fire at a single-family home at 16 Evelyn St.