NEWFANE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died in a fire at an apartment in a western New York town.

The Niagara County Sheriff's Office says a 911 caller reported a fire around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in an apartment on a property in the town of Newfane, on Lake Ontario 30 miles northeast of Buffalo.

When deputies arrived on the scene the apartment was filled with smoke and they were unable to get inside. Firefighters from a local volunteer fire company extinguished the blaze.

Police say fire crews found a man dead inside the dwelling's upstairs bedroom, where the blaze appeared to have started.

The victim's name is being withheld until his family can be notified.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

[STORY BY: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

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