
9 children among 19 killed in apartment fire in New York City
India Today
On Sunday, nineteen people, including nine children, died in an apartment fire in New York City in the US.
Nineteen people, including 9 children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City, in what the city's fire commissioner called one of the worst blazes in recent memory.
Stefan Ringel, a senior adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, confirmed the death toll on Sunday, while a city official who was not authorised to speak publicly confirmed the number of children dead.

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