7 Children Killed in Brooklyn House Fire
The fire commissioner called the blaze the biggest fire tragedy seen in the city in 7 years

Seven brother and sisters were killed, and two others — including their mother and their teenage

sister — were critically injured when flames ripped through their large brick home in Brooklyn early

Saturday in what fire officials are calling the city’s largest fire tragedy in years.

The siblings, ranging in age from 5 to 15, were found dead in their bedrooms after the blaze broke

out at their home on Bedford Avenue and Avenue M in Midwood at 12:23 a.m., according to FDNY

Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
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A fire apparently caused by a malfunctioning hotplate left on for the Sabbath tore through a Brooklyn

home early Saturday, leaving seven children from the same Orthodox Jewish family dead and their

mother and another child in critical condition, authorities said.

Three girls — ages 8, 12, 15 — and four boys — ages 5, 6, 7 and 11 — were killed, Fire Commissioner

Daniel Nigro said.

A teenage girl survived along with a woman who is believed to be the mother of all eight children by

jumping from second-floor windows, he said. Both were hospitalized after suffering burns and smoke

inhalation.

The commissioner called it the worst tragedy by fire in the city recent memory.

“It’s a tragedy for this family, it’s a tragedy for this community, it’s a tragedy for the city,” he

said.

The fatal fire started shortly after midnight while the children were asleep in five bedrooms in the

rear of the home in Midwood, a leafy section of Brooklyn known for its low crime and large Orthodox

Jewish population. Fire investigators believe a hot plate left on a kitchen counter ignited the

flames that raced up the stairs to the second floor, Nigro said.

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