19 killed in apartment fire in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least 19 people, including nine children, were killed and dozens more injured in a blaze at an apartment building in New York on Sunday, authorities said. Last week (New York time). This was released by Reuters on Monday, January 10, 2022.
Witnesses at the scene said they saw and heard the occupants of the apartment building shouting for help out of windows as the blaze was initially believed to have been caused by equipment. An electronic heater.
Nineteen people, including nine children, were killed and 63 were injured in what became known as New York City, according to authorities. A group of 200 firefighters battled the blaze that engulfed the second and third floors of a 19-story apartment building in the Bronx area around 11 a.m. earlier in the day. This past weekend, the situation was under control.
