A town of Lafayette resident is dead after his home exploded and caught fire, according to information released Wednesday by the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office and the Walworth County Medical Examiner’s Office.

According to the release, 68-year-old Leland R. Holden was located Tuesday in the rubble of his home after it exploded. He was transported to a local trauma center by Flight For Life, but, the release stated, “he later died.”

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the residence on Kulow Road Tuesday at approximately 2:18 p.m. after the Walworth County Communications Center received numerous calls of a structure fire and reports of an explosion at a residence.

Deputies and members of the Elkhorn Fire Department were dispatched, according to the release.

Upon their arrival, deputies reported “a small fire and confirmed an explosion had occurred at the residence,” the release continued.

“Deputies immediately began to search for survivors and secured the area until the arrival of fire and rescue personnel,” the release read.

Holden was the building’s only occupant. The Elkhorn Fire Department, with assistance from the state’s fire marshal and the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating the cause of the explosion.

According to the release, the following agencies aided law enforcement personnel responding to the scene: the Lake Geneva Police Department, the Elkhorn Area Fire Department, Flight for Life, the Lake Geneva Fire Department, the town of Lyons Fire and Rescue Department, the LaGrange Fire Department, the East Troy Fire Department, the town of Delavan Fire Department, the city of Delavan Fire Department, the Troy Center Fire Department, the Paris Fire Department, the Kansasville Fire Department, the city of Burlington Fire Department, the South Shore Fire Department, the Somers Fire Department, the Bristol Fire Department, the Vernon Fire Department, the Racine Fire Department, the Racine Fire Bells and the Walworth County Medical Examiner’s Office.