BELLEROSE, Queens (WABC) -- Police are investigating after the bodies of a man and woman were discovered inside a home in Queens following a fire they believe to be suspicious.

Officials said the fire started just before 3:30 p.m. on Monday at a single-family home on 254th Street near 87th Drive in the Bellerose section.

NewsCopter 7 captured the quick response from the firefighters who got it out in less than an hour and found the bodies of a 77-year-old man, and 78-year-old woman.

Sources told Eyewitness News that the man and woman appeared to have been set on fire. They say the man's remains were found tied to a pole in the basement, and the woman was found somewhere else in the house.

Neighbors told Eyewitness News that the victims had lived there at least 40 years and raised a fa

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