Woman, 59, dies in Morrisania apartment fire
NEW YORK -- A 59-year-old woman died in a fire at her building Sunday morning in the Bronx.
The fire started just before 1 a.m. at the Butler Houses on Webster Avenue in the Morrisania section.
According to police, the woman was rushed to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, but could not be saved.
"She was a good person, always good to everybody, man," one person said. "Stayed to herself, mind her business."
The FDNY says the fire started on the 13th floor.
The cause is under investigation.
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