While the fire is out, some questions remain about who might have been living at the now-gutted two-story home. The home at the corner of S. Cherry and Cannon Streets was destroyed Saturday night.

The fire started at about 10 p.m., and took firefighters several hours to put out.

On Sunday morning several items were laying in the yard, indicating someone had been living there, even though city officials told Spectrum News the city has no record of anyone recently living there.

The items included a mattress, a propane tank, and several chairs. The property is listed in city records as "vacant" according to Mayor Rob Rolison.

"I'm still stunned," said Clifton Kearney, the owner of the home.

Kearney said he had been living at the home "off-and-on," and was keeping a close eye on it. When asked whether he has any inklings about whether the home was being lived in illegally, Kearney was not sure.

"I hope not," he said while standing on the front steps. "Like I said, I don't know what happened."

Several neighbors told Spectrum News they would often see various people come in and out of the home, but it did not seem that any one person lived there regularly.

Regardless, Clifton Kearney said he now knows what he must do.

"After seeing it in the day like today," he said, "I think the only thing I can do is tear it down."

A team member with the Mid-Hudson Valley chapter of the Red Cross said the agency is providing "immediate emergency aid" to two adults and two teenagers affected by the fire, despite there being no major damage to nearby homes.

Mayor Rolison said no one presented themselves at the scene as being people who lived at the home that burned.

A Spectrum News reporter spoke to several neighbors living in nearby homes who said they did not require any Red Cross assistance and were unsure of who did.

The fire is under investigation, and there is no word yet on whether anyone may face charges.

Sixth Ward Councilwoman Natasha Cherry said Sunday afternoon that Saturday's fire was the first of 2019 involving a vacant home, and the first such fire since the December 3 fire on Academy Street that killed four people.

Following the publishing of this story, Red Cross called Spectrum News. The Red Cross says they offered temporary accommodations to four people who had to leave their nearby home during the fire. The two adults and two teens were later cleared to return to their home.