At least 19 people were killed in a building fire in New York

At least 19 people were killed in a building fire in New York

The fire, which came by mistake, resulted in the injury of about sixty people.

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At least 19 people, including 9 children, died on Sunday, January 9, in an accidental fire in a building in New York (United States). Victims have been found “on every floor” From this building in the Bronx. “More than 63 people were injured”, and some are in a file “Critical condition”Determined by the city’s mayor, Eric Adams, he arrived at the scene quickly after the fire.

According to the councilor, it is around ‘One of the worst fires in history’ The last city. “It really is a painful day for us.”This former policeman and Democratic Party member, elected, insisted on a center-left platform to fight crime and economic and social inequalities in New York.

In the first images posted on social media Sunday morning, thick flames and thick black smoke billowed from a window at this Bronx social housing building. The fire was caused by an additional heater in a duplex apartment on the second and third floors, according to the firefighters.

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