Six dead, several injured in Brooklyn house fire

Hundreds of first responders worked to control the blaze, and a lithium-ion battery was found at the scene Six people died in a fire that roared through a residential home in New York City early on Thursday and seven others were injured, including three firefighters, the city’s fire department said. The major fire was reported in the early hours in Brooklyn and brought more than 200 first responders rushing to attend to the blaze and those trapped by it, in the city borough’s Sunset Park neighborhood. Continue reading...