9 injured in Bronx blaze

NINE PEOPLE were injured Saturday when a fire ripped through a Bronx building, authorities said.

The blaze sparked inside a second-floor apartment on University Ave. at Eames Place in Fordham Manor at 5:07 p.m., the FDNY said.

Flames raged out of the apartment windows as residents scrambled down the fire escape to safety.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze by 5:50 p.m, authorities said.

Neighbors told the Daily News that an infant boy who turned blue from smoke inhalation was rushed to the hospital.

Another person was also taken to the hospital for further treatment, authorities said.

Five other people and two firefighters were treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries, the FDNY said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.