EAST FLATBUSH (WABC) -- One man is dead after a fire early Sunday morning at a three-story apartment building in Brooklyn.
Flames broke out around 4 a.m. at the building 411 East 49th Street in East Flatbush.
Firefighters say flames were shooting out of the top floor windows when they arrived.
Reinforcements were called in, and the fire was placed under control about an hour later.
44-year old Edzer Desir, a resident of the building, was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Three other people suffered minor injuries.
Investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.