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Bronx fire: Twelve dead in New York apartment block blaze | |
(35 minutes later) | |
At least 12 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York. | |
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said four other people were critically injured. The fire is now under control, he added. | |
The building is located near Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo. The cause of the fire is not yet known. | |
There were more than 160 fire-fighters on scene, according to a tweet by the city's fire department. | |
According to the Associated Press, city records showed that the five-storey building had no lift. | |
However, fire escapes were visible on the building's exterior. | |