At least 12 people were killed, and four others are critically injured after a major four-alarm apartment fire broke out on Thursday in a multi-floor building in the Bronx Borough, said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
A one-year-old child was among the 12 who died in the blaze.
It is reported that the fire erupted shortly before 7 p.m. local time on the third floor of a five-story building.
The fire has been put under control, with over 160 members of the New York City Fire Department sent to battle the blaze, said the fire department.
