One dead, 17 hurt after Hamilton Heights fire leaves residents hanging out windows

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The fire broke out around 2 p.m. on the third floor of the building on St. Nicholas Place near 149th Street in the Hamilton heights neighborhood

At least one person died and 17 people were hurt in a raging fire that tore through an Upper Manhattan apartment building, fire officials said, leaving some residents trapped in their homes, clinging to windows as they tried to escape the thick smoke and call for help.

Smoke and fire was blowing into the hallways of the building, shutting off a way out for some residents living on higher floors. A woman can be heard on cellphone video taken from the street yelling"Don't jump" up to those seen in windows, desperate to get out on the alley side of the building.Sign up for NBC New York newsletters.

 

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