BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man is dead following a fire in Buffalo's Riverside neighborhood Tuesday night.
Fire officials say flames broke out in a first floor living room of a home on Roesch Avenue and spread to the second floor shortly after 9:30 p.m.
The body of the unidentified 56-year-old victim was found in a second floor bedroom. A cat also died in the fire.
Damage to the home was set at $140,000 and a cause is not known at this time.