79-year-old man dies in Greenwich Village fire

Friday, May 5, 2017
GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A 79-year-old man died in an apartment fire in Greenwich Village Friday morning.

The fire broke out on the 10th floor of 20 West 13th Street, a 13-story building, around 9 a.m.
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The FDNY responded, extinguished the fire and found the victim, identified as Leon Gold, unconscious and unresponsive.

EMS responded and pronounced Gold deceased at the scene.
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There are no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing.

The FDNY fire marshal will determine the cause of the fire, but no criminality is suspected at this point.
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