WESTON, Fla. - Fire officials say an 81-year-old Weston man has been killed in a house fire.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles says Jerome Taylor was confined to a wheelchair and unable to get out of his house when the fire broke out Wednesday night.

The man's wife, 79-year-old Mattie Taylor got out of the house but said she couldn't reach her husband.

Neighbors who heard the fire alarm going off in the home called 911. Jachles said Taylor was already dead by the time rescue crews reached him.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

The Broward Sheriff Fire Marshal's Bureau and the State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating.

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