Fatal fire breaks out in Manhattan apartment building, officials say
Smoke pours from the 35th floor of Carnegie Mews, a Manhattan high rise, on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Credit: Twitter / Mike Figliola
A 76-year-old man is dead after a fire broke out Monday morning on the 35th floor of a Manhattan high rise, according to authorities.
Authorities said John Doktor was found unconscious and unresponsive in an apartment bedroom and was pronounced dead at 8:46 a.m.
Two firefighters were taken to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital with minor injuries, an FDNY spokesman said.
The two-alarm fire started around 7:30 a.m. Firefighters brought the fire at the 36-story building under control by 9 a.m.
The 396-unit Carnegie Mews building is located at 211 W. 56th St.
Fire marshals are investigating the cause of the fire, which took 106 firefighters to extinguish, the FDNY said.
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