At least 19 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in New York City

New York City apartment building fire kills 19, including 9 children Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured from an apartment building fire in The Bronx borough of New York City on Sunday, January 10, 2022, according to city officials.

 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed 19 people had died from the blaze that broke out around 11 a.m. in a 19-floor apartment building.

 

Mr. Nigro said the smoke had spread to every floor of the building, likely because the door to the apartment where it started was left open, and that victims had suffered from significant smoke inhalation.

 

Some 200 fire-fighters helped put out the blaze, and some ran out of oxygen in their tanks but pushed through anyway to rescue people from the building, Mr. Adams told CNN on Sunday.