Fire rips through apartments, displaces multiple families
A fire ripped through a building Wednesday, badly damaging five apartments and displacing numerous families. Officials say the fire started inside a resident's apartment on the fifth floor of the building
News 12 Staff
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Apr 14, 2016, 5:45 AM
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Updated 2,957 days ago
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A fire ripped through a building Wednesday, badly damaging five apartments and displacing numerous families.
Officials say the fire started inside a resident's apartment on the fifth floor of the building near East 165th Street and Sherman Avenue around 3:30 p.m.
More than 200 firefighters fought the flames.
Officials haven't confirmed the cause of the fire, but witnesses at the scene believe that the fire started on a stove that had been left on.
The Red Cross is assisting the tenants with temporary shelter.
