An 80-year-old man was killed by a fire in a badly cluttered Manhattan apartment early Monday, FDNY officials said.
The blaze broke out just before 1:30 a.m. inside the third-floor apartment in a six-story building on Riverside Drive near W. 144th St. in Hamilton Heights.
The elderly man was found dead in the home, which was packed with debris. His name was not immediately released.
Medics took a 52-year-old woman to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia, where she was in stable condition.
A third person inside the building suffered minor injuries, as did two responding firefighters, FDNY officials said.
The fire was brought under control at 5:12 a.m. The cause has not yet been determined.