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In the United States, in New York, Sunday, January 9, a terrible fire killed 19 people, including nine children. “It’s one of the worst fires in our history“said Eric Adams, the city’s new mayor.
In New York, in the Bronx (United States), thick smoke escaped from the second floor of a building, Sunday, January 9, making the intervention of firefighters extremely difficult. Very quickly, the whole building was engulfed in flames, trapping dozens of residents. At the window a woman was waving in despair. A little further down, it’s a baby that has been extracted. On the ground, it was panic, people were fleeing. “There were many children crying for help“, Told Dilany Rodriguez, a resident of the building.
Still shocked, the inhabitants who were able to escape from this 19-story tower tell. “We were suffocating. It took me at least 30-35 minutes to reach the hallway, where I was able to descend six floors“Says Mikael Joseph. It is one of the worst fires in recent New York history. In this popular area of the Bronx, buildings are rarely up to standard. Three years ago, a violent fire had ravaged a building, causing a dozen victims.
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