1 killed, 3 firefighters injured in Upper West Side apartment fire

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- One person was killed and three firefighters were injured after flames broke out in an Upper West Side apartment.

The flames erupted on the fourth floor of a five-story building on West 88th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway just after 9 p.m. on Saturday.

The victim, a 72-year-old man, was found unconscious and unresponsive inside the apartment and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Morningside.

The firefighters were treated for minor injuries.

A second person was being evaluated as a precaution.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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