{"id":329083,"date":"2026-08-25T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329083\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T08:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:35:13","slug":"body-found-in-brooklyn-apartment-just-before-fire-breaks-out-fdny-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/329083\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found in Brooklyn apartment just before fire breaks out, FDNY says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fire broke out at a Brooklyn apartment building as police officers were investigating calls for a possible dead body.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NYPD officers were at a building in Bay Ridge early Monday after a man on the sixth floor died of natural causes, according to police sources. One tenant said an officer got inside through a window and found the body.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

While police were waiting for the medical examiner, a fire broke out inside the apartment just before 1 a.m.<\/p>\n

Flames were seen shooting out of a window as nearly 80 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene.<\/p>\n

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A fire broke out early Monday morning at an apartment building in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Neighbors said they noticed a strong smell coming from the unit and called law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Saturday, I noticed the smell was stronger, and I put my nose to the edge of the door and said, ‘Wow,'” one man said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another woman said she was informed that a body was waiting to be picked up.<\/p>\n

“Then I guess fast forward to about 2:30 in the morning, I wake up to about eight fire trucks outside. They’re putting out a fire in that same apartment,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Residents believe the man who died was in his 70s. Police sources said his death isn’t connected to the fire.<\/p>\n

No injuries were reported from the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Neighbors said water from the FDNY’s cannons seeped into other units, causing significant damage. Some residents have been relocated, and others were able to go back to their units.<\/p>\n

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