Rana Novini

High-Rise Apartment Fire Kills 2, Injures 6 in NYC: Police

Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that left two men dead and six people injured in the Bronx early Saturday morning. Rana Novini reports.

An apartment fire in the Bronx early Saturday killed two men and injured six other people, police said. 

The fire broke out shortly after 1 a.m. at a high-rise building on Tremont Avenue in Parkchester, the NYPD said. 

John Quinones, 75, who lived on the 10th floor, was found unconscious and pronounced dead at Jacobi Hospital, police said. 

A second man, whose name wasn't released, was found in a hallway and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. 

Among those hurt, two people had critical injuries and two had serious but non-life threatening injuries, according to firefighters. Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries. 

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