NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Three people were killed in two apartment fires in Brooklyn and Queens early Wednesday morning, police said.
The first fire broke out around 3:45 a.m. in a third-floor apartment on Ralph Avenue in the Brevoort Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
FDNY members put out the fire and police found a 27-year-old man unconscious with burns to his body. He was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.
Less than an hour later, a fire erupted at a fourth-floor apartment near 71st Avenue and 162nd Street in Pomonok around 4:30 a.m. Citizen App video shows smoke pouring from the building as the FDNY responds.
After the flames were extinguished, police found a 75-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man unresponsive in the apartment. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
The victims are believed to be husband and wife, according to WABC.
The identities of the victims in both fires have been withheld pending the notification of their families.
FDNY Fire Marshals are investigating the causes of the fires.
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