Overview

• Officials said the fire began just before 3:30 p.m. at a home on 254th Street near 87th Drive.
• Emergency crews were dispatched around 3:10 p.m., and firefighters brought the blaze under control in under an hour.
• An unidentified man and woman were found at the scene and pronounced dead by EMS, according to police.
• NYPD officers and FDNY Fire Marshals remained on site to conduct an origin-and-cause investigation, and no cause has been released.
• The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the victims’ causes of death as authorities continue to gather details.