The investigation continues into a fire in Irondequoit on Tuesday afternoon that seriously injured the resident there.

A number of neighbors of the burning house on Tamarack Drive called 911 to report the fire that broke out early in the afternoon.

When firefighters got there, the fire was well underway. Authorities say the man who lived in the house and became confused, and started to go back inside the house after it caught fire.. firefighters and neighbors helped get him out.

Point Pleasant Fire Chief Steve Delerth says firefighters eventually had to move out of the house and fight it only from the outside

The resident of the house suffered serious injuries from smoke.. inhalation.