{"id":117376,"date":"2026-01-30T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117376\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:42:00","slug":"early-morning-brooklyn-fire-claims-life-of-81-year-old-woman-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117376\/","title":{"rendered":"Early-morning Brooklyn fire claims life of 81-year-old woman \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fire-file-photo-2026-lloyd-mitchell.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Firefighters at scene of deadly fire in Brooklyn\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Early-morning Brooklyn fire claims life of 81-year-old woman 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 FDNY firefighters respond to a blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A senior woman was killed in an early-morning fire at a <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> apartment building on Friday.\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/nyc.gov\/fdny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FDNY<\/a> said the inferno ignited inside 35 Winthrop St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens just after 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 30.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The Fire Department said the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the six-story structure. Approximately 21 units, including 79 firefighters and EMS units, responded to the incident, along with officers from the<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd71pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> 71st Precinct.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137828702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-8.14.17-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Scene of deadly Brooklyn fire\" width=\"1200\" height=\"672\" title=\"Early-morning Brooklyn fire claims life of 81-year-old woman 2\"  \/>The FDNY said the inferno ignited inside 35 Winthrop St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens just after 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 30.\u00a0Screenshot via Citizen<\/p>\n<p>During a search, firefighters located the victim, an 81-year-old woman, inside a fourth-floor apartment, unconscious and unresponsive, and removed her from the building.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all efforts to resuscitate her, she was ultimately pronounced dead by EMS. The NYPD has not yet released her identity, pending family notification.\n<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters brought the inferno under control just before 2 a.m. Friday. Fire marshals are now investigating the possible cause of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2013 FDNY firefighters respond to a blaze. 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