A person is dead after a mobile home went up in flames on Sunday morning in Davie, fire officials said.

According to Davie Fire Rescue, crews responded to reports of a mobile home fire at 8520 SW 21st Ct. early Sunday. Upon arrival, firefighters found the single-wide mobile home "fully involved with heavy fire and smoke," the agency said.

The fire has since been put out, but Davie Fire Rescue told CBS News Miami that one person was found dead inside the mobile home.

The cause of the fire and the circumstances surrounding the death are currently under investigation. Davie Fire Rescue informed CBS News Miami that the State Fire Marshal's Office has been contacted and will conduct the investigation, alongside Davie Police and Fire Rescue.  

A neighborhood shaken by a burning home

Neighbors told CBS News Miami the victim was an elderly man, a retired teacher who kept to himself. But officials have not confirmed the person's identity as of Sunday night.

"I couldn't believe what I saw," Mark Nobel said. "It's very rare you see something like this in this park."

Nobel lives nearby and said he saw the smoke billowing from his living room window.

"I just feel bad for the guy," Nobel said. "I just feel bad this whole thing had to happen."

Some were shaken by some details they heard.

"I heard he was in his bathtub, and so what did he go in there, was he in there when it happened, or did he go in there trying to save his own life?" said John Myers.

All that's left behind is charred remains and a shell of the home that stood there before.

The mobile home park is left in shock. 

"It's just a reminder of where we live, of what happened, how quickly one of these things can go up," Myers said.