NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A man and woman were killed minutes apart Tuesday night in fires in Brooklyn and the Bronx, police said.
The first fire broke out around 10 p.m. at 256 Rochester Ave. in Crown Heights.
The FDNY responded to a 911 call about the fire at 10:09 p.m. and rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze.
Once the flames were out, they discovered a 54-year-old woman unresponsive in the residence.
EMS rushed her to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Her identity has been withheld pending the notification of her family.
Just minutes later, at 10:22 p.m., firefighters responded to a 911 call about a fire at 3540 Rochambeau Ave. in Norwood.
The FDNY extinguished a fire in a second-floor apartment and found a 76-year-old man unresponsive with “severe fire exposure,” police said.
EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
He was identified as Milton Barnes. Police said he was a resident of the apartment.
Two other people were injured in the fire and taken to area hospitals.
Investigators believe a space heater may have sparked the Bronx fire.
The fire marshal will investigate the causes of both fires, while the city medical examiner will determine the victims’ exact causes of death.
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