By Associated Press - Sunday, July 21, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) - A woman and a child have been killed and two teens injured in a fire in a two-story home.

The Fire Department of New York says the call about the blaze at the Queens home on 117th Street came in at 9:38 a.m. Sunday.

Firefighters responded to the scene, and found the four people.



Officials say 51-year-old Silvia Umana and a 7-year-old Guadalupe Perez were killed. A 19-year-old male was in critical condition, and a 15-year-old boy had non-life threatening injuries.

The fire was declared under control shortly before 11 a.m.

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