NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An elderly man was found stabbed to death following an apartment fire in the Bronx.

Police say firefighters found 71-year-old Curtis Austin unconscious inside the building on Manor Avenue in the Soundview section. He had three stab wounds to his neck.

The fire happened just after 4 p.m. Saturday.

Austin was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police later arrested 28-year-old Xavier Almonte on charges of murder, manslaughter and arson.