NEW: Six members of the same family, including four children, killed in an overnight fire in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.
Six members of the same family, including four children, were killed in an overnight fire in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood. It is the deadliest fire in the city since 13 people were killed in a Bronx fire in late 2017.
The fire broke out on the fifth floor of the building in East Harlem at the intersection of Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and 142nd Street at about 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday. Officials said that all six people -- two adults, two boys and two girls -- were from the same family. All were pronounced dead on the scene.The fire did not appear to be suspicious, but an investigation is underway, fire officials said.
"Units were met at the door of that apartment with fire. The entire apartment was involved," Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said."They aggressively moved in, extinguishing the fire as they did. When they reached the two rear bedrooms we found six occupants of that apartment deceased.""As aggressive as those members could be, they were not able to reach those occupants," Nigro said of his firefighters.ABC News' Will Gretsky contributed to this report.
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