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Blaze engulfs building in the Bronx, multiple injuries reported (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Over 20 injured in Bronx building blaze (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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At least 12 people have been injured as a fire broke out at a building in the Bronx, New York City, local media reported citing firefighters. At least 23 people were injured when a building caught fire in the Bronx, New York City Tuesday. The blaze comes less than a week after 12 people died in another apartment block fire in the borough.
One person was seriously injured in the fire, local outlet WABC reported, adding that the rest of the injuries were not considered life-threatening. “Our units arrived and were immediately faced with heavy fire,” Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said as cited by AP. At least 23 people, including one firefighter and at least nine children, were among the injured, he added. 
The 5-alarm fire started at Commonwealth Avenue on Tuesday morning, the New York City Fire Department said on Twitter.The blaze reportedly broke out on the first floor of the building that houses a furniture store. More than 200 firefighters are battling the blaze. The victims were taken to hospital, with Nigro describing their injuries as non-life-threatening. “They will all be OK, thankfully,” he said.
The furniture store is located some 500 meters from the Bronx Zoo. The 7-alarm fire started at Commonwealth Avenue, some 500 meters away from the Bronx Zoo, and 200 firefighters were dispatched to stamp out the flames. Their efforts were complicated by the below zero temperatures in New York on the day, with icicles forming on the power lines.
In late December at least 12 were killed and many seriously injured in the deadly apartment fire in the Bronx. The blaze, which spread floor by floor, came under control within hours. People of all ages were seen fleeing the flames. The affected building has retail spaces and three floors of apartments. The fire apparently broke out on the first floor that houses a furniture store, Nigro said.
In late December, at least 12 people were killed and many seriously injured in another apartment fire in the Bronx. It was the deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least a quarter century.