Six people dead, seven injured in Brooklyn home fire

Six people died and seven were injured in a fire that tore through a Brooklyn home early Thursday, the city's fire department said.

• Six people died in a fire that engulfed a two-storey house in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood early on Thursday.
• Seven others were injured, including three firefighters, and the blaze spread to an adjacent home before firefighters brought it under control.
• The FDNY said a lithium-ion battery was found at the scene, but it was unknown whether it was linked to the fire's cause.
• Mayor Zohran Mamdani said e-bike fires in New York City have increased to more than 400 this year.