One dead in house fire

AVAILABLE. A DEADLY FIRE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD- AND A FAMILY GRIEVING R...  More »

AVAILABLE. A DEADLY FIRE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD- AND A FAMILY GRIEVING RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING IN CHIMAYO. GADI SCHWARTZ WAS THERE AS FIREFIGHTERS DID WHAT THEY COULD. HE'S GOT OUR TOP STORY. SMOKE BILLOWS HIGH ABOVE CHIMAYO- AS FIRE FIGHTERS TRY TO FIND OPENINGS FOR FIRE HOSES. 'I was going to santa fe this morning and I left my house around 7:30 I seen some smoke and I thought it was some wood burning heater.' SURROUNDED BY FIRE TRUCKS -- FAMILY GATHERS AWAITING NEWS- AND THEIR FEARS ARE FINALLY CONFIRMED- 78 YEAR OLD VICENTE MARTINEZ- DIED INSIDE HIS HOME. FAMILY TELLS US IT LOOKED LIKE THE FIRE MAY HAVE SPREAD FROM A WOOD BURNING STOVE. 'I identified him a while ago the state police and he got all burned and everything- I don't know I'm going to miss him a lot.' SAMMY MARTINEZ WAS ONE OF THE 6 CHILDREN- HIS FATHER LEFT BEHIND. HE TELLS US HIS FATHER WAS A VETERAN- AND RECENTLY RETIRED FROM WORKING A LOCAL SUPERMARKET. 'My dad was a real nice man he cared for us and everything.' ITS A LOSS ESPECIALLY PAINFUL FOR ROSS MARTINEZ- WHO SPENT TIME WITH HIS BROTHER ALMOST EVERYDAY. AND AFTER SEEING THE SMOKE EARLY THIS MORNING- WHEN HE FINALLY HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED- HIS HEART DROPPED. 'He told me that my brother was inside so I had to rush back and see and I havn't seen him - but now I'm the only one left.' GS-EWN 4. WE JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATING THE CASE-- AND THEY HAVE RULED THIS AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH. THE HOME-- IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE MARTINEZ FAMILY SAYS FUNERAL  « Less