1 dead after house fire early Tuesday in Canton, police say

One man is dead in a house fire early Tuesday in Canton, Michigan. 

Canton police and fire were called about 1 a.m. to the 43000 block of Lancelot Drive on a report of a garage fire. Firefighters said when the first responders arrived, they found the garage was fully engulfed in flames.  

Two people who were inside the home had escaped safely by the time first responders arrived. 

But the third person, a 44-year-old man, was believed to be still in the home in an effort to locate a cat that belonged to one of the residents. Canton Fire Department said its crews searched the bedrooms but could not find him. After the fire was knocked down, police said, the man was found dead in a room above the garage where a partial collapse had happened.

The Canton Police Department's Fire Investigative Team is working with the Canton Fire Marshal on the investigation. 

"Our thoughts are with the victim's family and all those affected by this tragedy," the fire department said.

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