Deadly fire in cluttered home draws attention to dangers of hoarding

photo courtesy of the Boston Globe A man died in a house fire on Boston’s South Shore after fire fighters could not access his extremely cluttered home due to hoarding.. Sean Gorman, 42, died Tuesday night after fire consumed his Scituate, Mass. home. The home, which was already enveloped by flames by the time fire services arrived, was so cluttered that fire fighters could not immediately enter it, according to officials. Ultimately, they pulled Gorman through a window of the single-story structure. He was pronounced dead two hours later. The victim lived with his mother, who was not at home...