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FDNY paramedic’s parents found dead in house fire, father chained in basement

Security video shows an unidentified man entering the Bellerose home and leaving minutes before alarms sounded

UPDATED (Sept. 11):

The NYDP says a man has been arrested in connection with the deaths.

EARLIER:

NEW YORK — Security footage shows an unidentified man walking into the Queens home of an FDNY paramedic’s elderly parents shortly before a fire broke out on Sept. 8.

After firefighters extinguished the blaze, they found the 77-year-old husband dead and chained in the basement and his 78-year-old wife dead on the first floor, the New York Post reported.

The NYPD confirmed that the fire is being treated as a double homicide, without speculating on a possible motive.

Surveillance video shows an unknown man entering the house through the back door at 10:15 a.m. and leaving at 3:08 p.m., just 14 minutes before fire alarms sounded.

The couple’s off-duty FDNY paramedic son rushed over after neighbors told him about the fire.

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