NEW YORK (AP) – The Latest on a New York City fire that claimed the lives of a mother and three children (all times local):
1:30 p.m.
New York City’s fire commissioner is warning about the use of unattended candles and other holiday items following the deaths of a mother and three of her children in a Brooklyn house fire.
Police and firefighters converge on the scene of a fatal house fire, right, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY’-groh) says the cause of Monday’s fire is still under investigation by fire marshals. But he also said in a statement that holiday traditions that “we all hold dear” – such as candles, overloaded outlets and power strips – can cause tragedies.
Friends and neighbors say the family was known to light menorah candles in celebration of Hanukkah.
The fire claimed the lives of 39-year-old Aliza Azan; 11-year-old Moshe; 7-year-old Yitzah and 3-year-old Henrietta.
The father and two teenagers were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
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12:30 p.m.
The New York Police Department has released the names of a mother and three of her children who were killed in a fast-moving Brooklyn house fire.
The NYPD says the fire early Monday claimed the lives of 39-year-old Aliza Azan; 11-year-old Moshe; 7-year-old Yitzah and 3-year-old Henrietta.
The father and two teenagers were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY’-groh) says everyone in the house was asleep when a neighbor reported the fire around 2:30 a.m. in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.
The house was already engulfed when firefighters got there about 2½ minutes later.
In all, nine people were in the house – the couple, their six children and a cousin.
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7:45 a.m.
A fire official says a mother and three children – ages 11, 7 and 3 – have died in fast-moving New York City house fire.
New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY’-groh) says the woman and children were killed around 2:30 a.m. Monday at a home in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.
The commissioner says the children’s father and two teenagers are in critical condition.
He says firefighters arrived about 2 minutes after getting the call from a neighbor and the fire was already “consuming” all three floors of the building.
Nigro says the fire was accidental but the cause has not yet been pinpointed.
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7:20 a.m.
A fire official says a mother and three children – ages 11, 7 and 3 – have died in fast-moving New York City house fire.
New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY’-groh) says the woman and children were killed around 2:30 a.m. Monday at a home in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.
The commissioner says the children’s father and two teenagers are in critical condition.
He says firefighters arrived about 2 minutes after getting the call from a neighbor and the fire was already “consuming” all three floors of the building.
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6:45 a.m.
Authorities say a woman and three children have died in a New York City house fire.
The Daily News reports that the fire erupted around 2:30 a.m. Monday on the second floor of a home in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.
Ten other people, including two firefighters, have been treated for injuries.
It’s not clear what caused the blaze.
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Information from: Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com
A neighbor watches the scene of a fatal fire, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Police and firefighters converge on the scene of a fatal fire, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Avi Navon, a friend of the family whose house was gutted by fire, right, stops by to see the scene, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A fire official says a mother and three children have died in the fast-moving house fire in in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Firefighters inspect the scene of a fatal fire, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A fire official says a mother and three children have died in the fast-moving house fire in in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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