Fire marshals and Bronx detectives are investigating a four-alarm fire at an apartment building on Friday afternoon, during which a woman's dead body was discovered inside a residence.

Five firefighters and four cops were injured, and numerous families were displaced, in the inferno that broke out just after 3 p.m. on Nov. 28 inside 1520 Sheridan Ave. in Claremont.

The first arriving units discovered heavy fire emanating from a sixth-floor apartment. The flames had also spread to the cockloft, the space between the ceiling and roof.

More than 175 firefighters responded to the inferno along with the 44th Precinct. While searching the building, firefighters came upon the body of a 73-year-old woman inside one of the units; she was unconscious and unresponsive, according to police.

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