New York City fire kills 12, including 4 children

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades spread through every floor of a Bronx apartment building within a matter of minutes, city officials said, killing 12 people — including four children — and sending other residents scrambling outside into the cold and down fire escapes to safety.
Those who died Thursday night included girls ages 1, 2 and 7, and a boy whose age was not given. Other people were still fighting for their lives, Democratic Ma