17 Dead, Including 8 Children, After Fire Rips Through NYC Apartment Building

Emergency first responders remain at the scene after an intense fire at a 19-story residential building that erupted in the Bronx borough of New York City on the morning of Jan. 9, 2022. Scott Heins/Getty Images

Updated on Jan. 10

Seventeen people, including eight children, have died in a high-rise apartment fire in the Bronx borough of New York City on Sunday.