One man was killed and three other people were rushed to the hospital with minor injuries after a fire broke out early Sunday morning at a Bronx apartment complex, reports CBS New York.
The fire started around 2:30 a.m. at East 230th Street near White Plains Road in the Wakefield neighborhood.
Firefighters say the flames were centralized to a third-floor unit.
Police say James Turtein, 36, was having a heart attack when he was found by firefighters. Emergency Medical Services transported him to Montefiore Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A family who lived just a few doors down from the victim told Gold the man had just returned home Saturday after spending about a week in the hospital. Turtein was in a wheelchair and had limited mobility, they said.
The family said they could hear him yelling for help. They also said his teenage relative was in the apartment when the fire started and managed to escape.
