1 dead in apartment fire in Freeport on Long Island

FREEPORT, Long Island (WABC) -- One person was killed in an apartment fire on Long Island Thursday morning.

The fire broke out at about 10:18 a.m. at an apartment building on North Bergen Place between Randall Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue in Freeport in Nassau County.

Officials said one person was found dead in a first-floor apartment of a four-story building.

Emergency crews are at the scene, as viewed from NewsChopper 7:

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

This is what that building looks like from street level, via Google Maps:

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