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An elderly mother and daughter were killed and two firefighters injured in a blaze at a Queens home early Monday, authorities said.

Flames tore through a two-story house on Wheatley Street near Brunswick Avenue in Far Rockaway at about 4 a.m., police said.

Jessie Danzy, 88, and her daughter Andrea Afam, 73, were found unconscious and rushed to St. John’s Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, cops said.

Two city firefighters suffered minor injuries, officials said.

The fire was put out at about 6 a.m., the FDNY said.

The cause of the fire was unknown as of Monday afternoon, but it was not considered suspicious, police said.

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