Exits and stairways were blocked in the New York City home, authorities said An early Easter morning fire in the New York City borough of Queens killed three people, with fire officials saying there were no working smoke detectors inside the overcrowded home.

New York fire officials say three people died early Easter Sunday morning in a fire that tore through a crowded Queens home with no evidence of a working smoke detector.

Three people died and a fourth was critically injured early Easter Sunday when a fire tore through an overcrowded home in Queens, that had no evidence of a working smoke detector and had blocked stairs and exits,