4 Kids and 2 Adults Die in Harlem Apartment Fire: Officials
At least six people, including children, are dead after a fire ripped through an apartment building in Harlem early Wednesday, officials say.
Flames erupted inside a fifth floor apartment at the Frederick E.Samuel Apartments on Seventh Avenue at around 1:30 a.m., according to the FDNY. Officials said four of the victims are children and two are adults. Their identities have not yet been released.
The FDNY said the fire was under control about two hours later. It's not yet clear how the the fire started.
In 2017, a fire in the Bronx sparked by a toddler playing with a stove killed a dozen people. FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro called that fire "historic in its magnitude."
Excluding the Sept. 11 attacks, it was the worst fire in the city since 87 people were killed at a social club fire in the Bronx in 1990 and surpassing the 10 who died, including nine children, in a four-story home in another part of the borough in 2007.
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