St. Albans, Queens, house fire kills woman, 95, injures 2 others, FDNY says
FDNY firefighters at the scene Sunday in St. Albans, Queens where a 95-year-old woman was found unconcious inside a home after a fire and later pronounced dead at a hospital, the authorities said. Credit: Lou Minutoli
A 95-year-old woman died and another woman and a child were injured in a Queens house fire Sunday morning, the FDNY said.
A 911 call shortly before 8 a.m. sent the FDNY to the home in St. Albans, Queens, according to the fire department.
Inside the home, firefighters found a 6-year-old girl, a 68-year-old woman and the 95-year-old woman, all unconscious.
The two women were taken to Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital, where the 95-year-old was pronounced dead, according to the NYPD. The 68-year-old victim was in stable condition Sunday afternoon.
The child was brought to Cohen’s Children Medical Center, where she was in critical condition, the NYPD said.
The fire is under investigation.
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