62-year-old dead following fire in Cheektowaga

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 62-year-old man is dead after a fire broke out in an apartment in Cheektowaga Sunday night, Cheektowaga police announced.

Around 11:00 p.m., police were called to 17 Williamstowne Court for reports of smoke filling an apartment hallway. The building was evacuated. The fire was contained to one apartment and quickly extinguished.

A 62-year-old man in the apartment was taken to ECMC where he was pronounced deceased…

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