A mother and her daughter both died in a fire in their Brooklyn home on Tuesday morning.
The 22-year-old woman and her 1-year-old daughter were trapped by the flames.
A man who said he was the young girl's father told Eyewitness News reporter Lauren Glassberg that he was on the second floor and jumped out the back window. He said he doesn't know why his daughter and her mother couldn't get out.The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental from malfunctioning electrical wiring. Smoke alarms were not present in the home.
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