A New Bedford neighborhood is rallying together to help a local family after their home caught fire Wednesday morning.
However, the help began when the blaze at 74 Dewolf St. was much smaller.
"It looked like just a little tiki torch, like someone was sitting on their porch with a mosquito thing," said Mitchell Jackson, who lives a block away and happened to be outside when he saw a small flame from afar.
Jackson apparently started walking down the street.
"I saw it grow and grow and by the time I got to the corner I realized it was a fire, I called 911," said Jackson.
Jackson ran towards the home on fire to try to help.
"I was pounding on the door; I didn't think anyone was home," said Jackson. "It was late, I had no shoes on, I was looking for a garden hose to put it out," he said.