BINGHAMTON -- A 17-year-old boy died Thursday in an early morning fire at 20 Milford St., officials said.

Six people escaped the 3:30 a.m. blaze. City of Binghamton fire fighters remain at the scene and will likely be there most of the day, officials said.

The name of the teenager was not released Thursday morning.

Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said the department is treating the fire as "suspicious" and noted a second fire had broke out in a recycling bin at a home on Gaylord Street around the same time.

The police department launched an arson/homicide investigation, Zikuski said.

"That's the course of action we're taking until we know anything different," he said

After Reading This Let Me Give You An Update On This Call. The First In Binghamton Units Could Not Make An Attack On This Fire Due To The Fact That Live Power Line Were Blocking The Way To The House And They Had To Wait Till New York State Gas & Electic Got On The Scene To Cut The Power To The Lines.