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Bronx fire: Twelve dead in New York apartment block blaze | Bronx fire: Twelve dead in New York apartment block blaze |
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At least 12 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York. | 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 the dead included a one-year-old child and that four other people had been critically injured. | |
The fire is now under control, he added. There is no word on what caused the blaze. | |
The building is located in Prospect Avenue, near Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo. | |
There were more than 160 firefighters on the scene, according to a tweet by the city's fire department. | |
Officials said the first alarm sounded at the building at about 19:00 local time (00:00 GMT). | |
At a news conference, Mr De Blasio said a nearby school had been set up to shelter those evacuated from the building. The city is currently experiencing bitterly cold weather. | |
The five-storey building contained more than 20 flats and was built just over 100 years ago, the New York Times reported. |