Officials said they do not believe any adults were home at the time of the fire. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
that the two children who died are a boy and a girl aged 5 and 6. All of the children are believed to be related, Kavanagh said.
Two teenagers who were also in the home are being treated for minor injuries. Authorities believe one is 14 years old, Kavanagh said. One firefighter was also treated for minor injuries, said Kavanagh, and a woman believed to be the children's mother is being treated at the hospital for shock. She is in stable condition.
Kavanagh said that officials do not believe there were any adults in the home. The oldest person believed to have been in the residence is the 14-year-old, she said. Kavanagh and other city officials said the fire was a"terrible tragedy," especially so close to Christmas Day. "It's an incredible tragedy. We feel it as New Yorkers," she said."Our members of course are parents themselves. This is right before Christmas. They do an incredible job, they deal with hard things all the time, but that doesn't mean that this isn't tough. It's tough for all of us."
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