A 64-year-old man was discovered lifeless within the rear of a Queens residence that caught fireplace early Friday, FDNY officers mentioned.
The sufferer, described as a hoarder, might have set the fireplace that killed him to maintain heat, sources with information of the case mentioned.
Firefighters had been known as to the forty sixth St. residence close to thirty ninth Ave. in Sunnyside simply earlier than 3 a.m. as excessive winds buffeted town.
FDNY officers mentioned a hearth had damaged out on the primary ground.
When firefighters entered the constructing, they discovered the sufferer sprawled out on the ground in a backroom.
The person died on the scene. His identify was not instantly disclosed as police monitor down relations.
FDNY officers mentioned the fireplace tore by the two-story residence and prolonged to the awning of a house subsequent door.
Firefighters put out the fireplace by 4 a.m. One firefighter with minor accidents was taken to New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Middle with a minor damage.
FDNY fireplace marshals have been tasked with figuring out what sparked the fireplace, though there was proof on the scene that the sufferer might have set the fireplace himself to maintain heat, a supply with information of the investigation mentioned.
A preliminary investigation decided the fireplace to be suspicious, officers mentioned.
Theodore Parisienne / New York Each day Information
The sufferer might have set the fireplace that killed him to maintain heat, sources mentioned. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Each day Information)
