3 Men Killed in Queens House Fire: FDNY

Three men were killed Monday night in a house fire in Queens, fire officials said.

The fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. on the second floor of a home on Ithaca Street, near Elmhurst Avenue.

The three men inside the home were taken to area hospitals with critical injuries.

Two of the men were taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where one of them died. The other man was taken to Forest Hills LIJ Hospital, where he died, according to officials. 

Those two men were identified as 53-year-old Craig Lott and 71-year-old Martin Devereux. 

The third man died of his injuries sometime Tuesday. 

The fire had been put out by 11:30 p.m., according to the FDNY.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze. 

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