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Huge fire seriously injures 15 people near the Bronx Zoo

• At least 12 people have been killed and 15 more seriously injured in a huge fire in the Bronx in New York City 
• Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed in a press conference that one of the deceased is a one-year-old child
• The mayor also said that four of the 15 injured are in critical condition and fighting for their lives at a hospital  
• Blaze engulfed a five-story apartment building near the Bronx Zoo, and at least 170 firefighters were on scene
• Officials said blaze started on the first floor of the apartment building and made its way up to the fifth floor 
• FDNY's fire commissioner Daniel Nigro said it was too soon to know what caused the massive fire 

By Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 20:12 EST, 28 December 2017 | Updated: 02:53 EST, 29 December 2017

At least 12 people have been killed, including a one-year-old child, and 15 others were injured in a blaze that ripped through a Bronx apartment building.  

Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed during a press conference that four of the 15 injured are in critical condition and fighting for their lives at a local hospital.  

'This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century,' de Blasio said, adding that the fire will rank as one of the 'worst losses of life to a fire' in many years for the city.

New York City Fire Department photos showed ladders stretched to the roof of the five-story building. About 170 firefighters worked in bone-chilling cold, just 15 degrees, to rescue people from the building. Water sprayed from hoses froze into ice on the street. 

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The Fire Department of New York says a blaze raging in a Bronx apartment building has killed at least 11, including a one-year-old child, and seriously injured 15 people 

FDNY photos show ladders stretched to the roof of the five-story building. About 170 firefighters worked in bone-chilling cold, just 15 degrees, to rescue people from the building. Water sprayed from hoses froze into ice on the street

Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed during a press conference that four of the 15 injured are in critical condition and fighting for their lives at a local hospital

The mayor said at least 12 people were rescued and will survive thanks to the FDNY's quick response to the scene. 

'But the search of the building continues,' the mayor said, adding that 'we may lose others as well' in this 'unspeakable tragedy'.

Photographs and video of the building located at 2363 Prospect Avenue in the Belmont section, showed the fire that occurred just one block from the Bronx Zoo, appeared to be under control by the time the mayor spoke at 10pm.

The mayor confirmed during the press conference that the fire had been put out completely. No smoke or flames were visible, but windows on some upper floors were smashed and blackened.

'I want to offer my prayers to all of the families who have lost their loved ones this evening,' de Blasio said. 

'I ask all New Yorkers to keep them in your prayers.'

'This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter of a century,' de Blasio said, adding that the fire will rank as one of the 'worst losses of life to a fire' in many years for the city

City Department of Buildings records show the building is a walk-up apartment house. According to city records, the building had no elevator. Fire escapes were visible on the facade of the building

Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said that crews (pictured) received the fire alarm at 6.51pm and the department responded within three minutes

'In a department that is certainly no stranger to tragedy, we are shocked by this loss,' Nigro said. Nigro confirmed that the fire started on the first floor and quickly spread to the fifth floor of the building that has 25 apartments

Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said that crews received the fire alarm at 6.51pm and the department responded within three minutes.

'In a department that is certainly no stranger to tragedy, we are shocked by this loss,' Nigro said. 

Nigro confirmed that the fire started on the first floor and quickly spread to the fifth floor of the building that has 25 apartments.  

'People died on various floors' of the apartment building Nigro said, adding that their ages range from one-year-old to over 50. 

Two of the dead were found in a bathtub, according to cable news station NY1. 

Nigro called the fire, 'historic in its magnitude,' because of the number of lives lost.

'As far as the cause, it's way too early to tell you about that,' Nigro said. Officials said more information about what caused the fire will be released as soon as it becomes available.  

'People died on various floors' of the apartment building Nigro said, adding that their ages range from one-year-old to over 50

Nigro called the fire, 'historic in its magnitude,' because of the number of lives lost. Firefighters are seen working the scene of the tragic fire 

Officials said more information about what caused the fire will be released as soon as it becomes available

Members of the FDNY work at the scene of a four-alarm fire at an apartment building where 12 people were tragically killed 

Officers from the NYPD stand guard during an evacuation following the Bronx fire 

City Department of Buildings records show the building is a walk-up apartment house. City officials advised people in the area to close their windows to keep out the smoke.

Witness, Xanral Collins, told the New York Post that he feared children were among the dead or injured.

'A father ran into the building, he couldn't get in,' said Collins. 'I saw him screaming, 'My babies are dead! My babies are dead!''

Another witness, Jamal Flicker, told the newspaper that he said he saw flames near the trash cans.

'It started down where they take the garbage,' Flicker said, adding that he heard a woman yelling, 'We're trapped, help!'' 

Video of the scene showed numerous firefighters wheeling victims out on stretchers. An EMT was seen administering chest compressions to one victim as two other firefighters wheeled them to a rescue unit nearby. 

Firefighters worked desperately to put the fire out after responding to the blaze shortly before 7pm 

Video of the scene showed firefighters wheeling out victims of the horrific fire on stretchers (pictured)

An EMT was seen performing chest compressions on one victim as firefighters pushed the stretcher 

Firefighters were seen prepping victims for transport to local hospitals 

Luz Hernandez, a resident of the building, told the New York Times that she realized something was wrong when the smell of burned rubber filled her apartment on the fourth floor.

She said the smell was followed by smoke so thick that it made the room pitch-black. She was able to get to her husband and two sons, 11 and 16, to the window, and they climbed down the front fire escape.

Hernandez said once she and her family were safe, she saw the charred bodies of two women who lived together and their two young daughters being carried away on stretchers.

Thierno Diallo, 59, a security guard originally from Conakry, Guinea, said he was asleep in his ground floor apartment when he heard banging on the door. 

Diallo said it took him a moment to realize what was happening. He said he heard people screaming: 'There’s a fire in the building!' He then ran out in his bathrobe, jacket and sandals. 

Neighborhood resident Robert Gonzalez, who has a friend who lives in the building, said the woman was able to get out on a fire escape.

'When I got here, she was crying,' Gonzalez said. 

One witness, Rafael Gonzalez, who lives across the street from the building, told WCBS-TV, that he saw some youths on a fire escape of the burning building as the fire raged.

'What woke me up was the smoke, because I thought it was my building,' he said.

A tenant in an adjoining building, Ana Santiago, told the Times that she fled when she smelled the smoke and saw young girls who had escaped the burning building on the fire escape standing barefoot outside with no coats on.

Luz Hernandez, a resident of the building, said she realized something was wrong when the smell of burned rubber filled her apartment on the fourth floor. She said the smell was followed by smoke (pictured) so thick that it made the room pitch-black. She was able to get to her husband and two sons, 11 and 16, to the window, and they climbed down the front fire escape.

Firefighters were able to rescue several people by climbing up ladders to reach them and bringing them back down to safety

Fire Department of New York (FDNY) personnel work on the scene of the apartment fire. The fire was put out by the time Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke during a press conference 

Firefighters continued to search the apartment building late Thursday night  

According to city records, the building, which was built in 1916, had no elevator. Fire escapes were visible on the facade of the building. 

City officials said nearby Crotona International High School will be opened as a reception center for those displaced families who may need housing.

The American Red Cross will also provide housing for displaced families.  

The 12 confirmed fatalities made the fire the deadliest since the inferno at the Happy Land social club in 1990 that killed 87 people.

It also surpassed one of the deadliest fires in recent city memory that happened elsewhere in the Bronx in 2007. Nine children and one adult died in that blaze that was sparked by a space heater.

Anyone who needs to check on loved ones or relatives who may have been in the building are asked to call 311.

Evacuees wear blankets as they stand outside after a fire at the apartment building in the Bronx

City officials said nearby Crotona International High School will be opened as a reception center for those displaced families who may need housing 

The American Red Cross will also provide housing for displaced families

Anyone who needs to check on loved ones or relatives who may have been in the building are asked to call 311

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