- More than five dozen people injured and 13 in critical condition
- City fire commissioner: blaze one of the worst in recent memory
Nineteen people, including nine children, were killed in an apartment fire in the Bronx borough of New York on Sunday, in one of the worst fire disasters in the city in 30 years.
Eric Adams, the new mayor still in his first week in the job, said: “The numbers are horrific. This is a horrific, painful moment for the city of New York. The impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of pain and despair in our city.”
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