Landlord charged with criminally negligent homicide in deadly Long Island fire
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- A landlord has been arrested in connection to a deadly fire on Long Island.
It happened Monday on the second floor of a house in Hempstead.
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Police say the landlord is charged with criminally negligent homicide for failing to have fire alarms in the home.
A woman who lived upstairs died at the scene, and two men who lived upstairs were injured.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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