A blaze tore through a home in South Richmond Hill, costing one man his life on Thursday. 

Police told the Chronicle that when officers arrived at 94-44 Lefferts Blvd., which is between 94th and 95th avenues, they found an unidentified adult man unconscious and unresponsive at 6:39 a.m. 

An FDNY spokesperson said via email that firefighters received the call about smoke and fire at the rear of the two-and-a-half-story home at 6:43 a.m. and 21 units made up of 79 fire and EMS personnel arrived in response.  

EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene. 

Firefighters were able to get the blaze under control by 7:12 a.m.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, said the FDNY. 

There have been no arrests, said the NYPD. 

Inspectors with the city Department of Buildings checked the home for structural stability following the fire, said a spokesman via email. 

The inspectors observed that the two-family dwelling had significant fire damage to the rear extension of the first floor. 

The owner was on site with a board-up company to seal all openings in the structure created by the fire, continued the DOB. 

The inspectors observed that the cellar of the building had been converted to a class A apartment with full height partitions, contrary to the certificate of occupancy, and as a result they issued violations to the building owner for work done without a permit and occupancy contrary to CO. The agency also issued a vacate order affecting the first floor rear extension and the cellar. 

A spokesman for the American Red Cross said via email that it registered two people for emergency assistance. 

Any residents impacted by the fire who need help with their recovery and have not already connected with the Red Cross should call 1 (877) RED CROSS (733-2767) and select Option 1.

The Daily News identified the man as Harbhajan Singh, a taxi driver, who has a son in Texas and a wife back in India. 

Sherry Algredo, chairwoman of Community Board 9, said she visited the site after the fire as the victim attended a nearby gurudwara, a Sikh space of worship, on 118th Street, within the group’s district. 

Algredo said the fire is about the eighth one in roughly a year in the Southeast Queens region. 

There was an explosion and fire in South Ozone Park on April 30, one neighborhood over, in an apparent case of arson.

Algredo said she tried to speak with one man that lived with the victim on Lefferts Boulevard, but he was still grieving. 

“Our sympathies are with the families and their loss,” she said.