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10-01-2022, 01:12 PM
Victims on every floor': At least 19 dead in New York apartment fire
NEW YORK CITY: At least 19 people died, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire tore through a high-rise apartment building in New York City on Sunday (Jan 9), its mayor said, in one of America's worst residential fires in recent memory.
Witnesses reported seeing trapped residents screaming for help from windows during the deadly inferno that the city's fire chief said had been caused by a portable electric heater, leaving victims on "every floor."
"There were a lot of kids crying, 'Help! Help! Help!'" 38-year-old Dilenny Rodriguez, who escaped with her children, told AFP.
Mayor Eric Adams told reporters that 19 people have been confirmed dead and 63 had been wounded, including several that were in a "critical condition".
"This is going to be one of the worst fires in our history," he said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ne...ed-2424441
NEW YORK CITY: At least 19 people died, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire tore through a high-rise apartment building in New York City on Sunday (Jan 9), its mayor said, in one of America's worst residential fires in recent memory.
Witnesses reported seeing trapped residents screaming for help from windows during the deadly inferno that the city's fire chief said had been caused by a portable electric heater, leaving victims on "every floor."
"There were a lot of kids crying, 'Help! Help! Help!'" 38-year-old Dilenny Rodriguez, who escaped with her children, told AFP.
Mayor Eric Adams told reporters that 19 people have been confirmed dead and 63 had been wounded, including several that were in a "critical condition".
"This is going to be one of the worst fires in our history," he said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ne...ed-2424441
