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1 Dead In Brooklyn House Fire

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- One person was found dead after a house fire in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Police and firefighters were called to a home on East 96th Street near Willmohr Street in East Flatbush just before 2 p.m.

After crews extinguished the fire, they found a 64-year-old man unconscious and unresponsive in the basement.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity has not yet been released.

The investigation is ongoing.

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