According to the newspaper ‘New York Post’ and television ABC7, which cite police sources, among the 19 fatalities there are nine children.
A fire registered this Sunday in a residential building in the New York district of The Bronx left at least 19 dead, according to local media, information not yet made official by the authorities, who have anticipated that several deaths are expected.
According to the New York Post newspaper and ABC7 television, which cite police sources, among the 19 fatalities there are nine children.
The chief of the New York Fire Department, Dan Nigro, has told reporters that there are at least 63 injured and that several deaths are expected, while the mayor of the city, Eric Adams, has assured that today is one of the most devastating fires in the recent history of the Big Apple.
“The numbers are horrible,” Adams told a news conference at the scene.
The fire has broken out in a duplex located on the second of the 19 floors of the building and the smoke has spread very quickly throughout the building in a very unusual way, according to the fire chief.
Nigro has assured that the rescue teams found victims in all the floors, mostly as a result of inhaling fumesMany of them are in very serious condition and have been transferred to various hospitals.
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