A child playing with a stove ignited a massive fire Thursday night that killed at least 12 people, including children, at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York City, officials said. Stewart-Francis' mother, told the newspaper that 13 family members resided in the apartment building. Jamal Flicker, a witness told the New York Post he heard screams for help. Kwabena Mensah told the Daily News he feared his son, Emmanuel Mensah, a U.S. soldier, was one of the victims of the devastating fire. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, at Thursday's news conference, advised to "hold your families close and keep these families here in the Bronx in your prayers."

Source: Fox News December 29, 2017 02:01 UTC