The Gold Coast Bulletin

SIX PERISH AS HORROR HARLEM FIRE RAVAGES APARTMENT

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SIX people, including four children, were killed on Wednesday when an overnight fire ravaged an apartment in a city-owned Harlem building, fire and police officials said.

Firefighte­rs, who were called about 1.40am, moved aggressive­ly into the flames and thick smoke and found a man and a woman, as well as two girls and two boys ages 3 to 11, in bedrooms of the fifthfloor apartment, according to Fire Commission­er Daniel Nigro.

The victims, all believed to be family members, were pronounced dead by emergency medical technician­s.

Television reports showed neighbours standing in a circle and praying outside the Frederick E. Samuel Houses.

“As the fire was burning, I was hearing one of the little girls screaming,” fourth-floor resident Eric Allen told the New York Post. “They were beautiful kids.”

Abdul Salaam, 25, told the Post that he saw the flames from the street and called 911.

“I heard glass breaking, kids yelling,” said Salaam. “They were clearly in fear for their lives.”

Several people suffered minor injuries when the building was being evacuated.

 ?? Picture: AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW ?? Fire marshals sift through a burned-out apartment in New York's Harlem in which six people, including four children, perished.
Picture: AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW Fire marshals sift through a burned-out apartment in New York's Harlem in which six people, including four children, perished.

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