ELMONT, Long Island (WABC) -- A 70-year-old man on Long Island was killed in a house fire overnight.
The Elmont Fire Department responded to Dutch Broadway around midnight. They found a 31-year-old man who escaped the fire but was unable to reach his father, 70, who was trapped in an upstairs bedroom.
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Firefighters reached the man, attempted CPR, then he was taken to the hospital where he later died.
A firefighter from the Elmont Fire Department was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor burns to his upper legs.
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The son was suffered from minor smoke inhalation.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. It is not considered suspicious.
WABC
A 70-year-old man on Long Island was killed in a house fire overnight.