Fire crews respond to a building fire Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Dec 29, 2017 VOA -

Fire in apartment building in Bronx, New York, kills at least 12

Mayor Bill de Blasio called it the “worst fire tragedy in this city in at least a quarter century.”

Four people were critically injured and others were hurt, the mayor said. He added that it’s possible that “we may lose others as well.”

Firefighters respond to a building fire Thursday, December 28 in the Bronx borough of New York.

“This will rank as one of the worst losses of life to a fire in many, many years,” de Blasio said in a Thursday press conference.

The walk-up building contained 29 units, according to public property records. CNN attempted to reach the listed property owner several times.

Since 2004, the city received four complaints about the building, which didn’t appear to be fire-related.

The latest complaint entered Thursday was from the FDNY requesting a structural stability inspection after the deadly, five-alarm fire.

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