91-year-old woman killed in apartment fire

By Lorena Mongelli and Jessica Simeone
The New York Post

NEW YORK — An elderly churchgoing woman was killed yesterday by a fire that swept through her Brooklyn apartment building, authorities said.

Olga Bates, 91, a widow who relatives said was "very religious," was found unconscious on the second floor of the Prospect Heights building and later died, cops said.

"She was super friendly. She always offered to take in your packages. It's really sad," said neighbor Katie Vanspeybroeck, 30.

The two-alarm blaze - which left four others, including two firefighters, with minor injuries - began in a deli on the first floor , an FDNY spokesman said. Its cause was under investigation.

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