1 Dead in Fire at Long Island Apartment Building: Mayor

One person was killed in a fire at an apartment building on Long Island Thursday morning, town officials say.

Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy said that one person died in the blaze at a tenement-style apartment building on North Bergen Place Thursday morning. 

The blaze, which broke out at about 10 a.m. in the first floor, has already been brought under control, Kennedy said. 

Freeport police and fire marshals are investigating the cause of the fire.

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