coup, she is charged with illegally possessing and importing walkie talkies. she denies all the charges. at least 19 people, including nine children, have died after a fire in a new york apartment building. many others are in hospital, some in a critical condition. the fire broke out in a duplex apartment spanning the second and third floors of the block in the bronx. officials believe it was sparked by a malfunctioning electric heater. nada tawfik reports. neighbours looked on with horror as heavy clouds of smoke engulfed the entire bronx apartment building. firefighters were on the scene within minute. as they battled the initial blaze from a lower level apartment, the rising smoke proved to be deadly. pitch black and my house in the daytime, they were putting up the fire and all you could see was this lake smoke from my
the unification of this city come into this family and this community to let you know we are here and we re going to be here for you. thank you very much. and you ve been listening to an update from the mayor of new york, eric adams, the new york governor, new york senator chuck schumer and other officials on the deadly fire that killed 19 people including nine children in the deadliest fire in new york city in some 30 years. and with me now is the former fdny commissioner thomas von essen. commissioner, it sounds as though what we were hearing from both the fire commissioner and the mayor is that this fire appears to have been tragically started by a malfunctioning electric heater, a space heater in a bedroom. my goodness, i m old enough to know how dangerous those space heaters can be and how people are warned over and over again, you know, be careful with those