The fire broke out just before 10:30 a.m. in the three-story building on 66th Avenue near the Grand Central Parkway in Forest Hills.
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FDNY officials said the man stumbled into the courtyard after his second-floor apartment caught fire. Other people ran over to help but he died at the scene.
A second man who was in the apartment jumped out a back window. He suffered burns and other injuries, and officials said he's in serious condition at a nearby hospital.
Firefighters said the fire was minimal inside the apartment. The fire appears to have started in a bed that was near the front door, and was extinguished very quickly. There was very little damage inside.
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Investigators are now trying to figure out the cause and how these men were injured.
More than 60 firefighters responded to the scene to help with the fire.