Two people are dead and others were injured early Tuesday in Washington Heights after a fire broke out in an apartment building.
Firefighters found the couple in their 70s in the sixth-floor apartment, the FDNY told ABC7.
They were rushed to Harlem hospital where they were pronounced dead. Six others including a firefighter were injured.
"People amass things over time, over years and when you get into a fire condition, it feeds the fire. Moving around, knocks things down, moves things around (so) it makes it a little more difficult to search fire areas. Like I said, we found the first victim in the front room, and the male victim in the back of the apartment," Malcolm Moore, FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief, said.
