3 dead in early Easter morning house fire in Queens

Three people are dead after a Queens house went up in flames in the first hours of Easter Sunday.

FDNY officials said the fire started just after 1 a.m. on Chevy Chase Street in Jamaica Estates. The fire started on the first floor, they said, before quickly spreading to the second floor and attic. There were people living on all floors of the home.

Investigators believe there was not a working smoke detector inside the home…

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