Overview
- FDNY said a woman in her 90s died after a third-floor fire in an Astoria six-story building just before 11 p.m., and a 61-year-old from the same apartment remains in critical condition.
- About 12:50 a.m., firefighters found an 81-year-old woman dead in a third-floor apartment on Winthrop St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and the blaze was out by 2 a.m.
- Officials have not released the names of the deceased victims.
- Fire marshals are working to determine the causes of the Astoria and Prospect Lefferts Gardens fires.
- The deaths came a day after a separate fatal blaze in Sheepshead Bay, and FDNY has noted 13 elderly New Yorkers died in a six-week span late last year.