Joseph Newkirk, 76, was found unconscious inside the building on Union Street near Rochester Avenue in Crown Heights where the blaze broke out just before 2 p.m., police and fire officials said.
The septuagenarian, who retired from the department in 1979, was pronounced dead by first responders.
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