Nine children and ten adults died in a fire in a residential building in New York
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About 200 firefighters were sent to the scene. The building was evacuated.
A fire in a residential building in the New York Bronx area killed 19 people, including nine children. On Sunday, January 9, reports The Associated Press.
The publication clarified that the fire took place on the third floor of a 19-story building at the intersection of Tibaut Avenue and Folin Street at about 10.50 am local time.
Bronx 5th alarm with numerous victims @FDNY @NYCFireWire pic.twitter.com/Ae7UCKC3J1
– Billy Goldfeder (@BillyGoldfeder) January 9, 2022
Rescuers who went to the scene of the emergency said that in total 63 people were injured in the fire, of which 32 were hospitalized.
East 164th Street, Bronx. Two people were injured, 1 critically during a 2 Alarm fire in the bronx. Fire Marshals will determine the cause. pic.twitter.com/9SOvmKvfcw
— CityStreetsLive (@streets_live) October 13, 2021
At the moment, the cause of the fire is being investigated. Officials found that the door to the apartment where the flames erupted had been left open. Because of this, the fire spread throughout the house.
Earlier it was reported that in Kharkov a student dormitory was on fire.
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