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Child rescued from fire escape as massive Bronx blaze sparked by explosion kills 1, injures 14

  • 5 days ago
  • 1 min read
The devastation of a natural gas explosion

Originally published on nydailynews.com


Bronx firefighters rescued a small child from a massive five-alarm inferno Wednesday sparked by an explosion that took one life and left 14 others with serious injuries, FDNY officials said.


Investigators suspect that a gas explosion sparked the fatal blaze, FDNY sources said.


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