Four people have died in two house fires in New York City.

Officials say three men were killed when a fire ripped through a two-story house in Queens early Saturday.

Three other men were hospitalized, two of them with critical injuries.

Fire officials say the dead men were discovered in a basement apartment in the home.

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Authorities say the building had been illegally divided into several apartments that didn't meet city codes.

The victims' names haven't been released.

Later Saturday afternoon, 43-year-old Philip Salvadone died when a fire broke out at his home in Brooklyn.

The cause of each fire is being investigated.