A 95-year-old woman was killed and a 6-year-old relative was critically hurt by a fire that broke out in their Queens house early Sunday, officials said.
The blaze started in the cellar of the house on 202nd St. near 113th Ave. in St. Albans about 7:50 a.m., FDNY officials said.
Firefighters found the young girl, the 95-year-old woman and a 68-year-old woman unconscious inside, officials said. All three were in cardiac arrest, FDNY officials said.
Neighbors said the two adult victims were the little girl’s grandmother and great-grandmother.
Medics rushed the adult victims to Long Island Jewish Valley Stream but the older victm could not be saved. The younger woman is in critical but stable condition, cops said.
The girl wast taken to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in critical condition.
It took firefighters about 50 minutes to bring the blaze under control. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The blaze is the latest in a string of at least seven unrelated fatal fires across the city since Nov. 9. None of the blazes are believed suspicious, and in each case, an elderly person died. The causes included faulty electrical wiring, an extension cord, a candle, and an accidental cooking fire.
With Thomas Tracy and Theodore Parisienne
