A 46-year-old woman is dead after a fire at a Jackson Heights home early Saturday morning.
Police responded to the call of a fire at 85-10 34th Ave. at about 3 a.m., and, after the FDNY extinguished the blaze, Sophia Paz was found unconscious and unresponsive in the apartment’s bedroom, according to cops.
Paz was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
The fire marshal will determine the cause of the fire and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
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