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19 Dead, Including 9 Children, After Space Heater Sparks 'Horrific' New York City Fire

(CBS NEWS) - Nine children and 10 adults are dead after a five-alarm fire in a residential high-rise building in the Bronx on Sunday, the FDNY said.

The FDNY commissioner said that an electric space heater may have caused the blaze. In total, 63 people were injured.

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