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Dozens hospitalised after fire in building in NYC
Updated On: 11 January, 2022 08:17 AM IST | New York | Agencies
Dozens of people were hospitalised, and as many as 13 were in critical condition after Sunday’s blaze, already New York City’s deadliest in three decades. Investigators determined that a malfunctioning electric space heater, plugged in to give extra heat on a cold morning, started the fire in the 19-storey building
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Emergency first responders remain at the scene after the intense fire in a residential building on Sunday morning in the Bronx, NYC. Pic/AFP
Hospitals worked Monday to save the lives of multiple people gravely injured by smoke in a fire that killed 19 people, including nine children, in a Bronx apartment building.
Dozens of people were hospitalised, and as many as 13 were in critical condition after Sunday’s blaze, already New York City’s deadliest in three decades. Investigators determined that a malfunctioning electric space heater, plugged in to give extra heat on a cold morning, started the fire in the 19-storey building.
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