Man dies as fire tears through Washington Heights apartment: FDNY

Key Facts

• A massive fire tore through a Washington Heights apartment building during Saturday’s extreme cold snap, killing an elderly resident who had lived on the fourth floor for decades, FDNY and heartbroken neighbors said.
• The blaze erupted inside the W. 180th St. building near Pinehurst Ave. about 6:15 a.m., as temperatures hovered around 4 degrees.
• Responding firefighters found heavy flames shooting out of a fourth floor apartment in the five-story building.
• As they raced up to the fourth floor, they couldn’t get inside and had to pop the door off its hinges, FDNY sources said.

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