Wednesday, January 29, 2014

2 dead, 1 injured in separate fires in upper Manhattan

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One person died and two were injured in separate fires in upper Manhattan on Wednesday morning.



Two men died and a third person was injured in separate fires in upper Manhattan early Wednesday, authorities said.


The first blaze broke out at 12:40 a.m. in a Taft Houses apartment on Fifth Ave. in East Harlem, fire officials said. A 48-year-old man was found unconscious in his kitchen. Emergency responders rushed him to Mount Sinai Hospital, but he could not be saved. His name was not immediately released.


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Shortly after 6 a.m., flames erupted in a third-floor apartment at 2657 Frederick Douglass Blvd., a five-story building in Harlem, fire officials said. Two people were rushed to Harlem Hospital, one in stable condition and the other, a 68-year-old man, in critical condition. He was pronounced dead at 7:16 a.m.


The fire marshal was investigating both blazes.


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