A mother and her two young daughters died this morning when a fire ripped through their apartment in Brooklyn (NYC).
The 40-year-old mother and her two daughters, ages 8 and 10, were found inside the 3rd-floor apartment on Gates Avenue near Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, where the fire started shortly after 5 a.m. today. .
The three victims were taken to Woodhull Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, police said. Their names were not immediately released, pending family notification, reported New York Post.
The fire was controlled around 5:45 am The cause of the flames is still under investigation. “This is an incredible tragedy for this neighborhood, for this family. We will be here all morning working with the Red Cross, working with OEM (Office of Emergency Management) and working with the city to support the family,” FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said of this morning’s deadly fire. quoted by CBS News.