Photo Credit: By Gary Raynaldo / Deadly fire at 200-unit SRO apartment at 166 W. 87 St. Upper West Side of Manhattan.

By Gary Raynaldo  DIPLOMATIC TIMES

A 71-year-old man died inside his apartment when a fire broke out at 10: 17 a.m. Monday morning at 166 W. 87th Street, FDNY officials said. Two others were slightly injured. The man was found  unconscious and unresponsive in his room. The fire was brought under control at 10:55 a.m. with as many a 60 firefighters responding to the blaze on the third  floor of the 9-story building, according to FDNY. The cause of the  fire is unknown as of press time. The identify of the  dead man had not been released. The building is a 200-unit apartment for low income and homeless men and women  transitioning out of the  shelter system into permanent housing. Named Capital Hall, the building provides housing for men and women who are vulnerable to homelessness because of their age, income or disability.

Photo Credit: By Gary Raynaldo /  Monday evening Jan. 7, 2019 outside the scene of the fire at 87th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues Upper West Side.  The cause of the fire is still being investigated.

One of the first supportive housing residences in New York City,  Capitol Hall was developed by Goddard Riverside, the Settlement Housing Fund and the West 87th Street Block Association, beginning in the late 1970s.  Many of its tenants are referred by the Homeless Outreach program.

Photo Credit: By Gary Raynaldo / Media stake out at scene of Upper West Side fire Jan. 7, 2019.