19 people including nine children die in New York apartment blaze

Mayor Eric Adams described the fire’s toll as “horrific"

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 09: Emergency first responders remain at the scene of an intense fire at a 19-story residential building that erupted in the morning on January 9, 2022 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Nineteen people, including nine children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City, in what the city’s fire commissioner called one of the worst blazes in recent memory.

Mayor Eric Adams called the fire’s toll “horrific".