Apartment fire in New York City kills 12, injures several others

NEW YORK. KAZINFORM - Twelve people were killed, including an infant, and four were critically injured on Thursday in a fire at an apartment building in the New York City borough of the Bronx, WAM reports. 

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The blaze started on the first floor of the brick building and quickly spread upstairs, city Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro told reporters at a news conference with the mayor. The cause was under investigation.

Authorities said firefighters rescued 12 people from the building.