At least 31 injured after fire rips through flat block in New York

It took hundreds of firefighters to bring the blaze under control (Picture: FDNY)

At least 31 people are believed to have been seriously injured after a fire tore through an apartment block in New York.

Witnesses claimed to have seen residents jumping from the 19-storey building after the blaze broke out on Sunday morning, with footage indicating several of the lower floors were gutted out.

It took the efforts of 200 firefighters to bring the fire under control and save the victims from a potentially horrific fate, the city’s fire department said.

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