Flames broke out around 1:40 a.m. inside a fifth-floor apartment on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and 142nd Street.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A family of six, including four children, tragically lost their lives in an early-morning fire Wednesday in Harlem.
“We’re in the business of saving lives, and in this instance we were not able to, and it’s very difficult for our members to deal with this loss also. But right now our hearts are with these poor people and their friends and family,” FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro told reporters.
Flames broke out around 1:40 a.m. inside a fifth-floor apartment at the Frederick Samuel Houses on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and 142nd Street.
“It’s quite a large apartment, three bedrooms six rooms.
