1 Dead, 31 Hurt in Apartment Fire
A fire in a six-story apartment building early Wednesday killed one person and injured 31 others, and the mayor said firefighters were delayed because a caller reporting the fire gave the wrong address.
Six people were in critical condition, three of them children. Six firefighters and five police officers were among the injured. A candle appeared to have been the cause of the fire, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said.
The blaze began in a second floor apartment and soon expanded through the second and third floors of the building in the borough of Queens.
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