FDNY Responds to Fatal Fire in East Flatbush, Resulting in Two Deaths
A fire broke out on the second floor of a three-story apartment building in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, early Saturday morning. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) responded to the scene on Nostrand Avenue, between Beverly Road and Cortelyou Road, just before 7 a.m. The blaze resulted in the deaths of two civilians, identified by neighbors as a mother and her adult son. Two other individuals were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Witnesses reported seeing intense flames shooting from the second-floor windows, which quickly spread to the top floor and roof. The FDNY managed to bring the fire under control within approximately 40 minutes. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. 
