UPDATE: There was heartbreak in the Bronx on Sunday after officials say four people, including three children, died in a fire on Quimby Avenue. HannahKliger has the latest developments from the Castle Hill section of the borough.
The screams were gut wrenching. Fire officials say just after 6 a.m. they arrived at 2165 Quimby Ave., where they saw flames spilling out of the windows of the house. Merlyn Persaud, who has lived in the neighborhood for nearly two decades, said she'll never forget what she heard.
"We did have slight extension to the building next to the fire building. We have several firefighter injuries, minor in nature,"The neighbor living next door recalled helping to rescue a mother and child -- a family he knows well. Their children used to play together. Police said a 21-year-old woman and 41-year-old man were also pulled out of the inferno, rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi in critical condition.On Sunday afternoon,"We are going to be here for the family to make sure we can assist with all the burials and all the support they need at this time," Adams said."We have to learn from so many other painful lessons from the past, of making sure we have smoke detectors that are working.