people in a park with a city skyline behind them
Sunset Park in Brooklyn, where the fire occurred. Photograph: Harry Green/Alamy
Sunset Park in Brooklyn, where the fire occurred. Photograph: Harry Green/Alamy
Six people dead and seven injured after fire at Brooklyn home

Hundreds of first responders worked to control the blaze, and a lithium-ion battery was found at the scene

Six people died in a fire that roared through a residential home in New York City early on Thursday and seven others were injured, including three firefighters, the city’s fire department said.