Man's exit from burning home blocked by beer cans

A man who died in a Franklin Township house fire early Wednesday morning may have survived if his escape had not been blocked by a large pile of beer cans.

Fire crews were called to a home on Olive Road before 6 a.m. and found heavy smoke and fire coming from the structure.



Firefighters initially said no one was hurt, but one person, Robert McCarty, 37, was unaccounted for.

Crews working inside the home found McCarty's body shortly after 10 a.m., and investigators said his exit was blocked by a 5-foot tall stack of beer cans.