Bronx apartment fire injures 10

NEW YORK - Ten people were injured Saturday morning after a fire broke out at an apartment building in the Bronx.

Fire officials said the blaze started on the third floor of a six-story building on Grand Avenue in University Heights just after 6 a.m.

The fire then spread to the 4th and 5th floors.

Over 100 firefighters from 25 units arrived on the scene to bring the fire under control.

Bronx fire victims laid to rest

Ten people, including one firefighter, were injured in the fire and seven were hospitalized, but authorities say none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. 

Authorities said that the fire was able to spread because the door of the apartment where it began was left open.

The need for self-closing doors was seen in January, when a malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire in a high-rise Bronx apartment building, killing 17 people when broken self-closing doors allowed smoke from the fire to spread. 

Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire.

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