8-year-old girl dies after house fire in Queens
NEW YORK - An 8-year-old girl died, and two adults were injured after a house fire in Queens on Saturday morning.
The fire broke out on the third floor of a multi-family home on 130th Street in College Point at around 7:35 a.m., according to authorities.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, they discovered 8-year-old Stephanie Villa Torres unconscious and unresponsive.
She was rushed to New York Presbyterian Hospital-Queens where she was later pronounced dead.
The other victims, an 18-year-old man, and a 36-year-old man, also suffered smoke inhalation but are expected to survive.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.