SAUGUS – A Saugus man is dead following an early morning three-alarm fire that tore through a Lincoln Avenue home on Sunday.Fire officials say the blaze broke out around 5:30 a.m., on the third floor of the 283 Lincoln Ave. home, where resident Steven Clain, 53, was found in a smoke-filled room suffering from cardiac arrest.Homeowner Patricia Hussey said she initially dismissed a fire alarm that went off in the building, thinking someone had burned food, but quickly sprang to action and ran upstairs to the third floor when she heard the alarm go off a second time.”I banged on his (Clain’s) door and screamed, but when I saw smoke coming from under the door, I panicked, grabbed my cat, called 911 and ran outside,” she said.Hussey, who has lived in the home for 25 years and has had Clain as a roommate for 23 years, managed to safely escape the single-family home as flames enveloped the inside. She described Clain as a quiet man who worked two jobs at Kmart and Grossman’s.”He was doing some shoveling on Saturday night, it’s possible that he had a heart attack, but I just don’t know,” she said. “I never thought there would be a fire in my own home. I can’t believe this happened, I’m overwhelmed.”Authorities say a firefighter was injured while pulling Clain to safety. Both men were taken to a local hospital where Clain was later pronounced dead.Clad in pajamas and slippers, Hussey took refuge at her neighbor’s home as fire investigators pieced through the rubble for clues as to how the blaze started. Action Emergency Services and fire crews remained on scene throughout the afternoon, as charred objects were tossed from broken windows and the stench of scorched vinyl siding clung to the air.Neighbor Paul White said he was awake at the time the blaze broke out and decided to brew some coffee for firefighters as they battled it in the frigid early morning temperatures.”I didn’t know him (Clain), but I saw the firefighters carry him out and give him CPR and use the paddles,” he said. “I could see that he didn’t make it.”The cause of the fire remains under investigation. According to Hussey, a third resident of the home was not there at the time of the blaze.Officials stressed the importance of clearing snow away from fire hydrants, since one situated in front of the Lincoln Avenue home had just been cleared over the weekend. If it hadn’t been, the fire that already proved deadly could have been even more difficult to battle.Wakefield, Revere, Malden, Melrose, Chelsea, Lynn and Everett fire departments responded and assisted Saugus engines.