The badly damaged a six-story apartment building located at 526 E. 82nd St. between York and East End avenues.
About 33 units and 138 fire and EMS personnel responded to the fire which engulfed the fourth, fifth and sixth floors.
A 65-year-old woman was found dead in a hallway on the fifth floor.
Several firefighters suffered minor injuries.
The fire also displaced 23 adults from 15 apartments.
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