One dead and several injured left new fire in New York neighborhood of the Bronx

A new fire took place on Tuesday in the New York neighborhood of the Bronx, in the north of the city, and resulted in the death of an 82-year-old woman and 7 more people injured, including a woman in critical condition. The fire is recorded only ten days after another one took place in the same neighborhood and claimed the lives of 17 people, becoming the most serious event recorded in the city so far this century. According to CBS Channel 2, today’s fire broke out in a three-story building, and so far seven people have been injured, including a 77-year-old woman in critical condition. Another woman, 68, was also injured but is in stable condition while five police officers were taken to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation. The fire started shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time (16:00 GMT), in the Longwood sector, in the south bronx, in a building that ended up collapsing, and is believed to have been due to a gas explosion, according to Councilman Rafael Salamanca on his Twitter account. inhabited mainly by immigrants from Gambia, and in fact 15 of the dead – including 8 children – were from that country and received a tribute last Sunday in a mosque in the neighborhood.

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