House fire in West Lafayette claims a 67-year-old man and an animal; the cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

A man and an animal were found dead after a fire at a West Lafayette home on Tuesday morning. According to a news release from the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a house fire on the 100 block of Blueberry Lane in West Lafayette at around 9:30 a.

A man and an animal died in a house fire on Tuesday near West Lafayette, with the fire being investigated by the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office and the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

A house fire in West Lafayette left a 67-year-old man dead Tuesday morning. A Tippecanoe County sheriff's deputy arrived at a house on the 100 block of Blueberry Lane about 9:30 a.m. after a caller reported a fire, police said. The deputy was met with thick black smoke throughout the interior and found a dead animal in the entryway.

Wabash Township firefighters found a man dead in a house fire Tuesday morning, Deputy Fire Chief Jim Lewis said.