A local resident escaped with only the clothes on his back after an early morning fire completely destroyed his house Wednesday.The home of longtime teacher Sammy Nunley has been classified as a total loss by North Warren Fire Chief Matt Welcome. The home was located on Robin Hood Drive in the Wayside community.“The flames were through the roof by the time firefighters arrived,” said Welcome. “If anything can be said about this it’s that he was woken up by a smoke detector so they do save lives.”Welcome said firefighters received the call at 1:48 a.m. Wednesday.