Desperate NYers search for relatives injured in deadly Bronx fire

New Yorkers embarked on desperate searches Sunday for family members injured or killed in the deadly Bronx apartment building fire.

At least 19 people, including nine children, died in the fire that officials believe stemmed from a malfunctioning space heater in a duplex on the building’s second and third floors.

Aisha Dukuray, 28, searched for her 20 relatives who live in the building Sunday at nearby Jacobi Hospital.

“A whole bunch of my family live in the same building. They are all over the place. We are trying to identify them,” she said.

Many New Yorkers are now urgently working to identify and contact family members who may have

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