"This is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century," he said. "I am sorry to report 12 New Yorkers are dead, including one child as young as one year old," de Blasio told reporters after fire fighters extinguished the blaze. Fire fighters plucked at least 12 people to safety who will survive but the search of the building continues, the mayor said. The fire was the second deadly New York residential blaze in less than two weeks. A mother and three children were killed in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn when a fire tore through their home on December 18.

Source: New Strait Times December 29, 2017 07:07 UTC