Elderly woman killed in BX apartment fire
An elderly woman is dead after a fire broke out in a Bedford Park apartment Monday night. According to fire officials, 70-year-old Joanna Govanail was killed when flames erupted on the third floor of
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Apr 10, 2012, 5:52 PM
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An elderly woman is dead after a fire broke out in a Bedford Park apartment Monday night.
According to fire officials, 70-year-old Joanna Govanail was killed when flames erupted on the third floor of a six-story building on East 205th Street and the Grand Concourse. They say a second unidentified person was hurt.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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