UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 71-year-old James H. Stevens.

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One man is dead after a house fire early Monday morning in the town of Marathon.

According to state police, police responded around 12:30 a.m. to a structure fire on State Route 11. Fire departments were already on scene battling the flames of a fully involved fire.

Police say a 71-year-old male was confirmed to have died in the fire. There is no word yet on the cause.

According to 511ny.org, the fire was at a building on the Broome-Cortland borderline.