By Associated Press - Sunday, June 9, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) - Two people are in critical condition and 11 others suffered minor injuries in an early morning fire at a Bronx high-rise building.

Fire officials say the fire started in a trash compactor on the 14th floor of the building in the Belmont neighborhood at about 1 a.m. Sunday.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.



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