Three children were killed and at least three other people were injured in a fire at a Bronx apartment building on Friday night, the Fire Department said. The fire, in a six-story building at 64 West 165th Street, at Anderson Avenue, began just before 8 p.m. in Apt. 2C, a Fire Department spokesman said.
The three children, ages 5 and 2, and 4 months, whose names were not immediately released, were pronounced dead on arrival at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, the spokesman said. The the three other people injured in the fire had unspecified injuries.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, the spokesman said. A large contingent of firefighters, working over a two-block stretch, had the fire under control by 10:30 p.m.
The three children, ages 5 and 2, and 4 months, whose names were not immediately released, were pronounced dead on arrival at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, the spokesman said. The the three other people injured in the fire had unspecified injuries.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, the spokesman said. A large contingent of firefighters, working over a two-block stretch, had the fire under control by 10:30 p.m.