In a statement shared by New York Fire Department chief John Esposito, the department reported “seven minor injuries, five to firefighters and two to civilians” from the fire on Wallace Avenue. The number of reported injuries is now eight, according to ABC 7 NY.

The residents — including 57 children — were burned out of their homes and seven people were injured as a massive five-alarm blaze buffeted by icy winds tore through the top of the six-story