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NYPD: Fatal Bed-Stuy fire set intentionally – Metro US

NYPD: Fatal Bed-Stuy fire set intentionally

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Police are investigating a fatal fire that they said was intentionally set in Brooklyn on Tuesday night and killed two men.

Another two women were injured in the blaze at 103 Hancock St.Police responded to the fire around 9:43 p.m.

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Tyrone Corely, 56, who lived in the third floor apartment, and Stanley Wilkie, 47, who lived in a second floor apartment, were pronounced dead at area hospitals. Two adult women were treated at Kings County Hospital for smoke inhalation and are in stable condition.

An investigation has found that accelerant was used in the fire, and police are investigating the blaze as a homicide.

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