BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Authorities say two people are dead after a fire early Monday in Brooklyn.
The 3-alarm fire broke out at about 4 a.m. in a two-and-a-half-story house on 44th Street in Borough Park.
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Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames on the first floor. By the time they got inside, the fire had spread to the second floor.
The victims were found unconscious in a back bedroom. Both were pronounced dead at Maimonides Hospital.
Police identified the fatal victims as 61-year-old Howard Gluck and 59-year-old Evelyn Gluck.
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Their 17-year-old daughter is in stable condition.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.