VILLAGE OF YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. — The Niagara County Sheriff's Office says a 70-year-old man has died following an apartment fire in Youngstown.
Investigators say the fire was first reported just after 8:00 p.m. Thursday in an apartment building on Jackson Street.
Both Lewiston police and sheriff's deputies, who were first to the scene, saw smoke coming from the second floor of the building.
They believe the fire started in a second-floor apartment. That's where investigators say crews found 70-year-old Harlan K. Green on the floor suffering from cardiac arrest.
He was rushed to Mount Saint Mary's Hospital where he died.
Crews from Youngstown, Ransomville, Lewiston and Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire companies responded to the fire and were able to put it out quickly.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
