Flushing
Fatal Fire
Police and firefighters responded to a fire inside an apartment at 67-01 Kissena Boulevard on January 4.
The first-responders found an 84-year-old woman, Nancy Graves, injured.
She was taken to Booth Memorial Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. There is no criminality suspected in the cause of the fire. Marshals will determine what sparked the blaze.
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