NEW YORK – A Harlem apartment fire killed two people, a woman in her 30s and a man in her 80s, and injured a few more, including a 4-year-old girl who suffered severe burns, authorities said. Friday.
Authorities say the fire broke out in Apartment 3D in a building on Seventh Avenue near 110th Street around 1:30 a.m. Residents of that apartment were able to get out safely, but flames and smoke spread to the upstairs apartment. That’s where firefighters found three unconscious people.
Other residents fled down the fire escape and a total of nine people were rescued, the FDNY said. A 37-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man have died after suffering serious injuries.
In addition to the two fatalities, the young woman was in serious condition but has stabilized hours after the accident. Two other residents were also seriously injured but are expected to recover, authorities said.
“Firefighters’ efforts were complicated by a major disorder condition,” an FDNY spokesperson said, but firefighters were able to bring the fire under control shortly after 3 a.m.
One of the injured was a firefighter who suffered minor injuries, the spokesman added.
Several families have been displaced as a result and it is not clear what caused the fire.
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