Fire In Far Rockaway Apartment Kills One: FDNY

FAR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS -- One woman was killed in a fire that broke out inside a Far Rockaway apartment building early Monday morning, authorities said.

The blaze erupted at around 2:30 a.m. inside the 15th floor of the high-rise building on Seagirt Avenue, fire officials said.

After firefighters put out the blaze, a 71-year-old woman was found unconscious inside the building, police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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