East Village Fire Kills 71-Year-Old Man, Police Say

EAST VILLAGE, NY — A fire in an East Village apartment building left a 71-year-old man dead and three other people injured on Sunday morning, police said.

The man, Barry Allen, was pronounced dead at the scene after firefighters extinguished the fire, according to the NYPD.

Firefighters responded to the fire at 244 E. Seventh St. at about 7:25 a.m. on Sunday. City fire marshals say that the fire was caused by an unattended candle in one of the building's apartments, and that the apartment did not have a smoke alarm. In addition, a smoke alarm in a public hallway in the building wasn't working.

The three people who were injured did not suffer serious injures, authorities said.

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