Squatter dies in Brooklyn fire

1138 East 35th Street (source: PropertyShark)

A Brooklyn man was killed yesterday morning in a fire inside an
abandoned home at 1138 East 35th Street in the Flatlands area,
according to the Fire Department of the City of New York. No other
injuries have been reported, and the victim’s identity has not yet been
released. A team of 60 firefighters worked for two hours to get the
fire under control. “We’re being told the building is a vacant
building,” FDNY Chief Wayne Cartwright told NY1. “It’s unoccupied by
the owners. The person residing inside was a squatter.” Locals who
awoke to the fire at 5:30 a.m. said that the house had been occupied by
squatters for about a year. The incident is still under investigation. [NY1]

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