New York City apartment fire: What we know about the victims

Friday, December 29, 2017
NEW YORK -- An infant and children were among those killed in a fast-moving fire in New York City's Bronx borough Thursday night.
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Twelve people died in the fire, which fire officials said was caused by child playing with a stove. Four people remain in critical condition at the hospital. All people who were in the building have been accounted for, officials said.

Here's what we know about the victims:

Several victims have been identified by family members: 19-year-old Shawntay Young, 37-year-old Karen Stewart Francis, and her two daughters, 2-year-old Kylie Francis and 7-year-old Kelesha "Kelly" Francis.

Maria Baptise, 56, and her 8-month-old granddaughter also died, her brother confirmed. The child's mother -- and Baptise's daughter -- is in the hospital with injuries sustained from the fire.

PHOTOS: Bronx fatal fire victims

Here's what we know about the victims from police (this list will be updated as new information comes in):


Pronounced dead at the scene:
- 1-year-old female
- 63-year-old female
- Unidentified adult male
- Unidentified adult male
- Unidentified adult male

Died at the hospital:
- 2-year-old female
- 7-year-old female
- 19-year-old female
- 37-year-old female
- Unidentified adult female
- Unidentified adult male
- Unidentified male child
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Fire officials said the victims were found on every floor of the five-story building in the Belmont section.

The number of fatalities makes this the worst fire tragedy in NYC in at least 25 years.
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More than 170 firefighters responded to the scene.
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