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Queens apartment fire kills 1, injures 2, including a firefighter, officials say

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Ramsey Khalifeh

Published Jun 1, 2026

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An FDNY truck is seen in 2015. The FDNY and police responded to a Forest Hills, Queens fire where a woman was found unresponsive Friday morning. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

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Published Jun 1, 2026

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A fire in a Queens apartment building early Monday morning killed one man and injured two others, including a firefighter, the NYPD said.

A 911 call reported smoke and fire conditions at around 2:39 a.m. Monday on the second floor of a five-story building at 45-08 40th Street in Sunnyside, Queens, the FDNY said.

More than 20 emergency units, including 79 firefighter and emergency service personnel, responded to the scene.

Two people in the fire were transported to NYC Health and Hospitals Elmhurst in critical condition. One of the men died from his injuries while the other remains in critical condition, the NYPD said.

A firefighter was also injured from the blaze and transported to a local hospital in serious but stable condition, with injuries FDNY described as not life-threatening.

The FDNY said it took less than an hour to take out the fire. The cause is still under investigation.

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Ramsey Khalifeh

Ramsey Khalifeh is a transportation reporter on the NYC Accountability desk covering the largest transit system in the country. He was previously a general assignment reporter at Gothamist and worked on the Boston Globe's metro and copy desk. Got a tip? Email [email protected]

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