1 Dead, 1 Injured In Forest Hills Apartment Fire
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A mid-morning apartment fire left one man dead and another injured in Queens.
About 60 firefighters responded to the scene on 66th Avenue in Forest Hills around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday.
When they arrived they found a man unconscious and unresponsive in the courtyard, 1010 WINS' Darius Radzius reported.
1 patient found in courtyard, 1 patient had jumped out rear window -#FDNY Dep Chief Kubler regarding QNS fatal fire, 111-29 66 Ave pic.twitter.com/dYFY8QpztO
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The victim, 59-year-old Ramon Rahim, suffered severe burns and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Another man jumped from a second floor window and was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Mid-AM apt. fire in Forest Hills killed man & critically injured another. @FDNY says apt had no working smoke detectors. #1010WINS pic.twitter.com/1m1RdclQUp
— Darius Radzius (@DariusRadzius) October 10, 2017
"He has serious injuries, he's burnt and he may have ingested some smoke," Deputy Chief Steven Kubler said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.