history this is firefighters rescued victims from every from the building many in cardiac and respiratory arrest and suffering from smoke inhalation. the cause of the fire under investigation but the fire commissioner believes a malfunctioning space heater began the fire. alexis is live at the scene heartbreaking development covid-19 people are no longer with us after they were not able to make it out of the apartment complex behind me nine of those people were just kids. i also talked about ms. ago after the press conference with the fire commissioner to see if they expect the death toll to rise they say it s very possible because 13 people are still in very critical condition. i m going to step out the way seeking get a closer look at the building. you can see all of the windows at this huge apartment complex
in the bronx neighborhood are smashed out, that is because the brave men and women from the new york fire department climbed up on ladders smashed the glass trying to get as many people out as possible let s take a look at the video of the aftermath around 11:00 o clock this morning this unfolded in there watching in horror as small kids were carried out of the burning building the fire broke out around 11:00 o clock inside of the 19 story apartment building near east 181st street in the bronx the building was full of families and residents as the fire tore through the building and more than 60 people injured and 30 of those people have life-threatening injuries still at the hospital, dozens calling 911 and 200 ft and why firefighters in action crews say several floors were full of heavy black smoke once again they believe the causes malfunctioning in a space heater the door was not closed which caused the fire to spread rapidly. listen. it was a very difficult job for our members, a
i don t know if that was a factor but listening to everybody is sound like it probably was. jon: we are here in a high-rise building in midtown manhattan we have fire drills every six months or so and sometimes i tend to treat them with a grain of salt like this building will not catch fire but this is a good lesson and what can happen, one apartment saw flames but the entire building 19 floors filled with deadly choking smoke. i don t know what else to say. that is the truth, that s what happened. the former commissioner of the fire department city of new york we appreciate your time. the supreme court is expected to rule onto a president biden faxing mandates should be
building are smashed in, crews were breaking that glass and pulling people out one by one the commissioner says they did everything that they could to save as many people as possible. take a look at this vehicle the five alarm fire breaking out at 11:00 o clock this morning in the 19 story apartment building near 181st street in the bronx more than 60 people injured and 30 of those people had life-threatening injuries at this time. this morning dozens calling 911 for help inside of the building that triggered 200 ft and why fire crews to jump into action running into the building were all of the floors were full of heavy black smoke even though the fire was on the second or third floor the smoke went up all 19 floors, people found all over the building suffering from severe smoke inhalation people going into cardiac and respiratory arrest by the minute the fire was spreading because a
floors that smoke coming out that is because the door on both of those apartments are opening the doors to the stairwell are open there is no fire commissioner niekro said it s only one apartment the tremendous amount of fire because of all the things in the apartment is a fireproof building that building will not bring down although it could if you let it burn as we know it will come down if you don t put the fire out. these guys put the fire out pretty quickly but they could not put it out fast enough to stop the smoke. jon: the smoke from a couch if there s a foam cushion and a couch, the smoke can be absolutely deadly when something like that goes up in flames. tremendous amount of smoke it is horrible biden smoke, some smoke you can take better than other smoke and plastic as you