“That is unprecedented in our city.”Īpproximately 200 firefighters responded to the building on East 181st Street around 11 a.m. Most of the victims had severe smoke inhalation, fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.Īdams called the fire’s toll “horrific” and said “this is going to be one of the worst fires that we have witnessed during modern times.”įirefighters “found victims on every floor and were taking them out in cardiac and respiratory arrest,” Nigro said. In all, more than five dozen people were hurt.
Thirteen people remained hospitalized in critical condition, Ringel said. He said the children killed were 16 years old or younger. Stefan Ringel, a senior adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, confirmed the death toll. One resident rescued by firefighters said he’d become numb to fire alarms because of frequent false alarms. NEW YORK - New York City’s deadliest fire in more than three decades killed 19 people, including nine children, Sunday at a high-rise apartment building in the Bronx.Ī malfunctioning electric space heater caused the fire, the fire commissioner said during the investigation.įlames shot from apartment windows as smoke filled the building.
Firefighters work outside an apartment building after a fire in the Bronx, Sunday, Jan.
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