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Photos: NYC Mourns As Deadliest Fire In Decades Devastates Bronx

See photos from the apartment fire in the Bronx that killed 17, including eight children.

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Emergency personnel respond to a high-rise fire Sunday at 333 E. 181st St. in the Bronx borough of New York.
Emergency personnel respond to a high-rise fire Sunday at 333 E. 181st St. in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Lloyd Mitchell)

BRONX, NEW YORK — The Bronx fire that has rocked New York City and claimed 17 lives —including those of eight children — sent smoke billowing into the stairwells, blocked routes of escape and began with a faulty space heater, officials say.

Mayor Eric Adams, speaking after a local school where some of the children were students, said Monday, "Not only did this fire leave a burning pain in the hearts of the people in this community, but it has left a burning pain in the children and the teachers and the faculties of this school."

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal fire Sunday at an apartment building in the Bronx , New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
Broken-out windows are seen at the burned apartment building in the Bronx in New York. The majority of victims were suffering from severe smoke inhalation, Fire Department of New York Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Ladders remain erected beside the apartment building where the fire occurred. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
FDNY commissioner Daniel A. Nigro (middle) speaks during a a news conference outside the Bronx apartment building where Sunday's deadly fire occurred. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A woman watches from a window at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens during a news conference outside an apartment building where a deadly fire occurred in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Firefighters work outside an apartment building after the fire. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference outside the apartment building where a deadly fire occurred in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
Emergency personnel use a manual resuscitator on a fire victim during the fire in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Lloyd Mitchell)
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speaks during a news conference outside an apartment building where the deadly fire occurred. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)
Staffers clean the floor at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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