A 75-year-old man is dead after a fire Monday in Granville. According to State Police they responded to a home on County Route 21 at around 8:15 p.m and found the home engulfed in flames. The owner, Gene W. Bassett, was found dead in the residence after firefighters put out the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation, A Go Fund Me page has been created to help defray the costs of Bassetts memorialization services.