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One Fatally Injured in Building Fire

Citizen user video shows smoke billowing from an apartment fire.

Firefighters on scene report heavy smoke condition on the upper floors of the building. They are working on extinguishing the fire.

There are ten people reportedly stuck inside the building.

Firefighters advise that the fire broke out in a trash compactor on the 15th floor of the 20-story apartment building.

The address reported for this incident has changed to 303 E 135th St.

Firefighters are using all hands to fight the blaze.

Firefighters advise that people are trapped inside the building.

Firefighters have reported two injuries related to the fire.

A second alarm has been transmitted, indicating that additional trucks were needed to assist with fighting the blaze.

According to an update from firefighters, there are a total of three injured people. Two have sustained life-threatening injuries and the other has sustained a serious injury.

Firefighters have confirmed that three further people were injured, bringing the total of injuries to six.

Firefighters now report that one person was fatally injured in the fire.

Firefighters advise that the fire has been extinguished and they are in the process of evacuating civilians that had been sheltered.