Three Killed in Brooklyn Blaze

NEW YORK-- Two women and a 12-year-old boy died in a raging second-alarm fire in the Kensington section of Brooklyn this morning.

The blaze apparently broke out in the attic of a three-story house at 257 East 19th Street, near Beverley Road, just after midnight.

Eyewitness News is told trapped in the fast-moving flames were two women, ages 76 and 50. They were pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials also say a 12-year-old boy was rushed from the fire to nearby New York Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead while a 16-year-old boy was burned on both hands and taken to Kings County Hospital in serious but stable condition.

Six firefighters were also treated for minor injuries.

Republished with permission of WABC-TV.