Two people died in a fire Saturday morning in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, the New York City Fire Department said. 

The FDNY said it responded to the fire on the second floor of a three-story building on Nostrand Ave., between Beverly Rd. and Cortelyou Rd., just before 7 a.m.

Two civilians were pronounced dead and two others were hospitalized with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials. 

The fire was under control at around 7:40 a.m., the FDNY said. 

The cause is under investigation. 

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