Sunnyside, QUEENS (WABC) — One particular person was killed and one other was critically injured in an early morning condominium fireplace in Queens on Monday.
The hearth broke out shortly earlier than 2:40 a.m. inside a big condominium constructing on fortieth Avenue within the Sunnyside part of the borough.
Fireplace officers mentioned the blaze began on the constructing’s second ground earlier than spreading to the third ground.
Two residents had been discovered on the second ground. One sufferer was pronounced lifeless, whereas the second was transported to a close-by hospital in crucial situation.
A firefighter additionally suffered accidents whereas battling the hearth and was taken to an space hospital for remedy.
Residents described waking as much as horrifying situations as smoke stuffed the constructing.
“I woke as much as heavy smoke,” one resident informed Eyewitness Information.
The reason for the hearth stays underneath investigation.
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