A 5-year-old girl and her dad’s 36-year-old girlfriend died when a fire broke out at a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan early Wednesday, authorities say.
First responders arrived to the Jackie Robinson Houses, a NYCHA-owned building, at around 2:37 a.m. following reports of a residential fire inside a 6th floor apartment. It was there that officers saw a total of three hurt people inside: a 5-year-old girl, her 46-year-old father, and the father’s 36-year-old girlfriend.
The girl and her father were taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Harlem, where the child was pronounced dead and the father remains in critical condition.
The 36-year-old woman was taken to NYC Health & Hospitals/Lincoln where she was pronounced dead.
The identities of the girl and woman have not been released.
Additionally, three dogs were also found dead in the apartment afterward.
The FDNY Fire Marshal will determine the cause of the fire, which was contained to the apartment.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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