An 81-year-old man died after a fire ripped through the fifth floor of a Brooklyn apartment building Thursday, cops said.
The blaze ignited inside the building on 47th St. near 12th Ave. in Borough Park around 2:45 p.m., according to cops and firefighters.
Neighbors and emergency workers gather at the scene of a fatal fire in an apartment building on 47th Street near 12th Ave. in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)
The victim was found dead inside an apartment, cops said. His name is being withheld until after his family is notified of his death.
A total of 79 firefighters and paramedics responded to the scene of the fire, which was extinguished after about an hour, firefighters said.
Neighbors and emergency workers gather at the scene of a fatal fire in an apartment building on 47th Street near 12th Ave. in Brooklyn, New York City on Thursday, February 5, 2026. (Gardiner Anderson / New York Daily News)
Fire marshals will investigate the cause of the fire.