A fire registered this Sunday in New York, in a residential building in the Bronx, left at least 19 dead, according to local media, information not yet made official by the authorities, who have anticipated that several deaths are expected.
According to the newspaper New York Post and the ABC7 television network, which cite police sources, among the 19 fatalities there are nine children.
Meanwhile, the head of the New York Fire Department, Dan Nigro, told reporters that there are at least 63 injured and that several deaths are expected, while the mayor of the city, Eric Adams, assured that today is one of the most devastating fires in recent history Big Apple.
“The numbers are horrible.” This was stated by Adams at a press conference at the scene.
The fire broke out in a duplex located on the second of the 19 floors of the building. The smoke spread very quickly throughout the building, in a very unusual way, according to the fire marshal.
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Nigro assured that the rescue teams found victims in all the floors, mostly as a result of the inhalation of smoke, many of them in very serious condition and that they were transferred to various hospitals.
More than 200 personnel participated in the tasks of extinguishing the fire, whose origin is unknown, according to the city’s Fire Department (FDNY, in English).
In images distributed by various media and on social networks, many people, including children, could be seen being treated by emergency teams in New York.
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