Bronx Apartment Blaze: 16 injured in second fire in New York City borough

Bronx Apartment Blaze: 16 injured in second fire in New York City borough

FP Staff January 2, 2018, 23:08:58 IST

At least 16 people were hurt on Tuesday as a fire tore through an apartment building in the Bronx, just days after another blaze in the New York City borough killed 12 people

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At least 16 people were hurt on Tuesday as a fire tore through an apartment building in the Bronx, just days after another blaze in the New York City borough killed 12 people, a New York City Fire Department spokesman said. AP

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The six-alarm fire broke out at about 5:30 am local time in a four-story brick structure with a furniture store on the ground floor, Kenneth Reilly told Reuters. AP

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One of the injuries was serious and potentially life-threatening, while the others were minor, he said. AP

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More than 200 firefighters were still battling the blaze in frigid temperatures of around 15 degrees Fahrenheit (-9.4 Celsius) two hours after it started, said Reilly, adding that the cause was yet to be determined. AP

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Last Thursday, 12 people, including four children, were killed in the New York City’s deadliest blaze in a quarter of a century in another part of the Bronx less than two miles away. That fire was caused by a three-year-old boy playing with the burners of a kitchen stove in one of the apartments, officials said. AP

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