A man died and a second man is clinging to life after a fire tore through their Queens apartment building early Monday, FDNY and NYPD officials said.
A firefighter was also seriously hurt fighting the blaze that broke out on the second floor of the five-story Sunnyside building about 2:35 a.m., FDNY officials said.
Firefighters found a 61-year-old man dead in the building on 40th St. near Queens Blvd. His name was not immediately released.
Medics rushed a 60-year-old man to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition.
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FDNY Fire Marshals investigate a fatal fire in a Sunnyside apartment building on Monday morning. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A firefighter was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Weill with serious but not life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The fire was brought under control in just over 40 minutes.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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The fire broke out on the second floor of the five-story building on 40th St. near Queens Blvd. about 2:35 a.m., FDNY officials said. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)