Bronx fire kills three small boys, including infant twin - New York Daily News

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[h=4]Kendall Rodriguez for New York Daily News[/h]Three young brothers, the youngest being 4 months old, were killed in a fire at a Bronx home on Friday night.

A pair of 4-month-old twins were ripped apart from each other Friday as a massive Bronx fire killed one of the infants and his two brothers, police and witnesses said.
Police sources said six others were injured — three seriously — as the blaze ripped through a second floor apartment on W. 165th St. in Highbridge just after 8 p.m.
“I heard (the children) playing ten minutes before everyone started screaming,” building tenant Valerie Frazier, 47. “Everybody heard them screaming for help. It’s so sad they had to burn to death.”

[h=4]Kendall Rodriguez for New York Daily News[/h][h=4]A woman is treated at the scene of the fire, which erupted inside an apartment on W. 165th St. near Woodycrest Ave. in Highbridge. Six people were injured in the fire.[/h]
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Horrified witnesses saw the children’s unidentified mother leap from her window with a daughter in her arms.
Residents said neighbor William Sands scrambled up the fire escape, plucked 4-month-old Michelle Turner from the burning apartment, and brought her to safety.

[h=4]Kendall Rodriguez for New York Daily News[/h][h=4]The cause of the fire is still being investigated. Here, a woman is treated by firefighters outside of the Bronx apartment building.[/h]
Firefighters managed to rescue Michelle’s twin brother Michael, but doctors at Lincoln Medical Center were unable to save him. He died at the hospital with his brothers Elijah and Jerimiah Artis, ages 5 and 2, neighbors said.
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“Those are my babies...” said William Sands' girlfriend Keisha Smith, her cheeks stained with dried tears. “William tried to get more of the children out, but the flames were too much.”

[h=4]Kendall Rodriguez for New York Daily News[/h][h=4]Firefighters brought the blaze under control Friday night and paramedics rushed three children to Lincoln Medical Center, but it was too late.[/h]
Neighbors in the five-story walk up near Woodycrest Ave. raced out of the building as more than 100 firefighters spent an hour combatting the blaze.
“I heard my neighbor screaming, ‘Val, get out!” said fifth-floor resident Valerie Frazier. “Me and my husband grabbed our dogs and we went down the fire escape.”
The cause of the blaze was still under investigation Friday night.