NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- One person was killed when a fire ripped through a residential building in Brooklyn Wednesday morning, according to officials.
Fire officials received a call for a fire that had erupted on the ground floor of a four-story building located at 178 Kent Street near Manhattan Avenue in the Greenpoint neighborhood at 8:52 a.m.
About 60 fire officials arrived at the scene where one person's body was discovered inside the home, authorities said.
According to officials, the victim was badly burned and it was not immediately clear if the body was that of a man or a woman.
The blaze was brought under control by 9:30 a.m., fire officials said.
FDNY fire marshals are working to determine the cause of the fire.
