As specifies CBS, the fire occurred in a residential building in Harlem.

It is noted that the bodies of a man, a woman, as well as two boys and two girls aged 3 to 11 years old were found by firefighters when they were able to get to their apartment on the fifth floor of the building.

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According to preliminary data, the fire started because of the stove in the kitchen, after which the fire quickly engulfed every room in the apartment.

In September 2018, 21 people in New York suffered from a fire in a shopping center.