Kendall Rodriguez for New York Daily NewsThree young brothers, the youngest being 4 months old, were killed in a fire at a Bronx home on Friday night.
A pair of 4-month-old twins were ripped apart from each other Friday as a massive Bronx fire killed one of the infants and his two brothers, police and witnesses said.
Police sources said six others were injured - three seriously - as the blaze ripped through a second floor apartment on W. 165th St. in Highbridge just after 8 p.m.
'I heard (the children) playing ten minutes before everyone started screaming,' building tenant Valerie Frazier, 47. 'Everybody heard them screaming for help. It's so sad they had to burn to death.'
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Residents said neighbor William Sands scrambled up the fire escape, plucked 4-month-old Michelle Turner from the burning apartment, and brought her to safety.
Firefighters managed to rescue Michelle's twin brother Michael, but doctors at Lincoln Medical Center were unable to save him. He died at the hospital with his brothers Elijah and Jerimiah Artis, ages 5 and 2, neighbors said.
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'Those are my babies...' said William Sands' girlfriend Keisha Smith, her cheeks stained with dried tears. 'William tried to get more of the children out, but the flames were too much.'
Neighbors in the five-story walk up near Woodycrest Ave. raced out of the building as more than 100 firefighters spent an hour combatting the blaze.
'I heard my neighbor screaming, 'Val, get out!' said fifth-floor resident Valerie Frazier. 'Me and my husband grabbed our dogs and we went down the fire escape.'
The cause of the blaze was still under investigation Friday night.
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