NEW YORK — A massive fire claimed the life of a father and injured the mother and her two children Monday night in the Bronx, New York police said.
The fire broke out around 10:18 p.m. on the top floor of a 24-storey building located in 1133 Ogden Avenuesaid the woman in uniform. Upon arrival at the flat, they found the 45-year-old father unconscious, who was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Also inside the property were the 46-year-old mother and her two children, a 15-year-old teenager and an 11-month-old baby, who were taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.
The fire department is investigating what may have been the cause of the fatal accident.