Smoking caused fire that killed man, 28, in Upper West Side apartment

Officials say smoking is to blame for a fire that killed a 28-year-old man in an apartment fire on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The fire started just before 5 p.m. on Monday inside the six-story building on West 105th Street, officials said.

Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Carlsen said the fire was in a fifth-floor apartment. He said the man, later identified as Robert Gutierrez, was found in a back bedroom.