BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Investigators say the fire that killed a 1-year-old boy in Brooklyn was accidental, caused by faulty electrical wiring in the kitchen refrigerator.
The fire broke out at around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in a 13th floor kitchen at the Howard Houses, a NYCHA high-rise complex on Mother Gaston Blvd. in Brownsville.
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The boy, identified as Ivan Baez, was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital.
Six other people in the apartment were injured, two of them critically.
WABC
A 1-year-old is dead after a fire at a Brooklyn high-rise Wednesday morning.