One dead, one critical in Brooklyn apartment building fire

One man was killed and another left clinging to life when a fire tore through a Brooklyn apartment building early Tuesday, officials said.

The blaze broke out inside the three-story brick building on Vermont St. near Dumont Ave. in East New York about 1:15 a.m.

As firefighters fought the blaze, medics rushed two men to Brookdale University Hospital, where one died a short time later. The other man is in critical condition.

Cops are working to identify both men.

A firefighter suffered a minor injury fighting the blaze, which was extinguished within an hour.

FDNY fire marshals are working to determine what sparked the blaze.