Lithium-ion battery may have started deadly Crown Heights apartment fire: FDNY

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- One person died in a fire at a Crown Heights apartment on Friday evening, officials said.

FDNY officials told Eyewitness News they believe a lithium-ion battery started the fire.

Emergency services responded to a report of an explosion at an apartment at the NYCHA Albany Houses around 7 p.m.

Officials said the apartment was filled with smoke and a person was found inside.

They were transported to the hospital and pronounced dead, fire officials said.

The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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