56-year-old man dies in fire on Roesch Avenue late Tuesday
and last updated 2021-03-03 08:43:06-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â The Buffalo Fire Department says one man has died in a fire in the city's Riverside neighborhood.
It started around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at 111 Roesch Avenue, just a few blocks away from Riverside Park.
Division Chief Daniel Bossi later told 7 Eyewitness News that the fire had engulfed the first floor of the home and was extending into the second floor by the time fire crews arrived at the scene.
The fire department says crews found the 56-year-old victim during a primary search in the second-floor bedroom, but they were unable to save him.