10:56 p.m .: Live update on the situation in New York – A fire broke out on Sunday January 9, 2022 in a building in this large city on the east coast of the United States. At least 32 people have been taken to hospital in serious condition and firefighters fear a high number of deaths. The first speaks of 19 dead people, including nine children.
Dozens of people were injured and 19 more were killed in a building fire in the Bronx on Sunday. According to authorities in New York City in the United States, including new city mayor Eric Adams, “This is going to be one of the worst fires in our history. We know that we have 19 people deceased as well as several others in critical condition and more than 63 people injured, ”he said live on television.
According to the fire department, 200 firefighters intervened on Sunday at the scene of the fire, a 19-story building. The fire allegedly started in a duplex located on the second and third floors.
In footage circulating on social media, huge flames and thick black smoke billowed from a window of a multi-story building.
9:40 pm: “This is unprecedented in our city. We expect there will be many deaths, said Daniel Nigro, head of the FDNY, which brings together the New York firefighters. He compares the fire to that in Happy Land, which left 87 people dead in 1990, when a man set the building on fire after arguing with his ex-girlfriend and was kicked out of the club.
#BREAKING 9 children among 19 killed in #Bronx highrise #fire considered worst in over 30 years @ Telemundo51 #breakingnews https://t.co/Ht4izmTfp0 pic.twitter.com/FtRaeXoPbZ
— JRodriguez (@JRodzMIA) January 9, 2022
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9:38 p.m.: The mayor of the city went there, according to his official Twitter account, where photos of him alongside the firefighters were posted. Another fire this week killed 12 people including eight children in a neighborhood in central Philadelphia. A megalopolis of nine million inhabitants, New York is suffering in various neighborhoods from a huge housing crisis, with buildings that are sometimes dilapidated and poorly maintained.
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9:32 p.m.: About twenty people died on Sunday and around sixty were injured in a building fire in the Bronx district of New York, the new mayor of the city, Eric Adams, announced on the spot. “This is going to be one of the worst fires in our history. We know that we have 19 people dead as well as several others in critical condition and more than 63 people injured, ”Eric Adams said live on television.
About 200 firefighters were mobilized on site in the middle of the day.
Firefighters identified “31 serious injuries to civilians,” they tweeted around 12:30 pm local time. In footage circulating on social media, huge flames and thick black smoke billowed from a window of a multi-story building.
USA: 31 injured in a violent fire which set a building in the Bronx (NY) ablaze this Sunday, January 9th. 200 firefighters are on site to control the fire. (Via New-York Post) #fire pic.twitter.com/LFTYaRtVqD
– Franceat (@ Franceatpresso2) January 9, 2022
Bronx 5th alarm with numerous victims @FDNY @NYCFireWire pic.twitter.com/Ae7UCKC3J1
– Billy Goldfeder (@BillyGoldfeder) January 9, 2022
East 164th Street, Bronx. Two people were injured, 1 critically during a 2 Alarm fire in the bronx. Fire Marshals will determine the cause. pic.twitter.com/9SOvmKvfcw
— CityStreetsLive (@streets_live) October 13, 2021
#Video: The Bronx apartment fire that has killed 19 people also left more than five dozen injured, with 13 still in critical condition in the hospital, said a senior adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. #Bronx #NewYork #Fire #BronxFire #NewYorkFire #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/DNN10Cy4Q3
— JUST IN | World (@justinbroadcast) January 9, 2022
Five Alarm Fire in the Bronx leaves 19 dead 9 of them children with over 60+ injured total. #fire #bronx #newyorkcity pic.twitter.com/DZ0v1kWS6O
– Adrian (@ALChildress_) January 9, 2022
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