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Five people were hurt in a fire in the Bronx, one of them critically.

Firefighters are on the scene of an apartment fire on Watson Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon.

Nearly 200 firefighters battled a massive fire in the Bronx on Sunday night.

The attack happened at a hotel in Long Island City. Four children were injured, including the 4-year-old. Also in critical condition are a 42-year-old man and two women, ages 41 and 33. Additionally, two 2-year-old girls, a 6-year-old girl, a 22-year-old woman and a 61-year-old women are all in stable condition. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries. FDNY Fire Marshals ruled the fire to be accidental, caused by a lithium ion battery from an electric scooter stored in the living room. There were no working smoke alarms in the fire apartment.

SOUNDVIEW, Bronx (WABC) -- Twelve people were hurt, including several children, when a fire tore through a building in the Bronx late Tuesday morning. Four of the victims were critically injured, including a 4-year-old boy, in the blaze on Watson Avenue in the Soundview section. The FDNY responded just before 11 a.m. to the fire on the fourth floor the seven-story building. It took about a half hour to get the flames under control, and firefighters rescued about a dozen people. "There was heavy smoke and fire coming out several windows, with several occupants calling for help from the inside,...