NYPD: 2 bodies found after Belt Parkway brush fire

Authorities say two bodies were discovered off a Queens parkway as firefighters put out a brush fire.

Police say the two adults were found around 4:25 a.m. Wednesday in a grassy area off the Belt Parkway in Howard Beach.

The victims were fully clothed. Their ages and gender were not immediately known.

Police were investigating the circumstances of how they wound up off the parkway in the vicinity of 159th Avenue and 78th Street.