A 61-year-old man was found dead in an illegal basement apartment after a fire ripped through a multi-family Queens home Wednesday morning, officials said.
FDNY responded to a fire around 4:30 a.m. at a residence on Befell Street in the Jamaica section of Queens. Firefighters fought heavy smoke to get into the cellar. Once there, they found and removed the man who was unconscious and badly burned.
After the FDNY extinguished the fire, the Department of Buildings did an inspection and noted an illegal apartment in the cellar, complete with a full kitchen, gas stove, and a bathroom. Due to the inspection and the discovery of the illegal
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