15-year-old boy killed in house fire in Bedford-Stuyvesant: officials

A 15-year-old boy was killed Wednesday morning in a blaze in a Brooklyn home, according to police sources and fire officials.

The fire broke out inside a building on Pulaski Street near Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 6:20 a.m., according to the FDNY. 

The fire grew to a second alarm within about 10 minutes, drawing 25 units and about 106 firefighters.

A teenager, who was not immediately identified, was discovered unconscious and unresponsive on the fourth floor and pronounced dead at 6:55 a.m., police sources said. 

The fire was placed under control about 15 minutes later. 

The cause was not immediately known.

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