At least 19 people are dead, including nine children, following a fire in a Bronx apartment building in New York City, officials say.
The blaze sent 32 people to hospitals with life-threatening conditions, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said earlier Sunday. A total of 63 people were injured.It remains unclear what started the fire, but it is not believed to be suspicious, Nigro said."This is a horrific, horrific, painful moment for the city of New York, and the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in our city," Adams said.
Firefighters were met by"very heavy smoke, very heavy fire" in the hallways.FDNY responded to a 5-alarm fire in the Bronx on Sunday.Victims were found in stairways on every floor of the building, many in cardiac arrest, in what Nigro said could be an unprecedented loss of life. The injuries were predominantly from smoke inhalation, he said.The FDNY posted several images of the scene showing ladders extending into apartment windows as well as a number of broken windows.
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