An el­der­ly man died af­ter his home was gut­ted by fire on Tues­day af­ter­noon.

Fire of­fi­cials said the body of Al­bert Kei­th, 78, of Val­ley Dri­ve, Sixth Av­enue, Barataria, was found af­ter his wood­en home burned to the ground.

Fire of­fi­cials said around 3 pm, they were called to the house by res­i­dents of the area.

They said af­ter they ex­tin­guished the flames, Kei­th’s body was dis­cov­ered.

Fire of­fi­cials are yet to de­ter­mine what led to the fire.

—Jensen La Vende