The fire, in a six-story building at 64 West 165th Street, at Anderson Avenue, began just before 8 p.m. and centered on Apt. 2C, a Fire Department spokesman said.
Three siblings, Elijah Artis, 5; Jeremiah Artis, 2; and Michael Turner, 4 months, were pronounced dead on arrival at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, the police said. All three had apparently been in Apt. 2C, the authorities said.
A 25-year-old woman and two small girls, aged 4 and 4 months, were treated for smoke inhalation and were in stable condition late Friday, the police said.
A large contingent of firefighters and nearly a dozen fire vehicles, working over a two-block stretch, had the fire under control by 10:30 p.m. The fire left few signs on the outside of the brick building, beyond a blacked out window, but neighbors reported a harrowing scene.
Yvonne Laracuente, 27, who was with friends nearby, heard a long scream from a woman. "It was a yell," she said. "She was screaming 'my babies.' " When Ms. Laracuente and her friends ran toward the sound, they saw a woman wearing only a T-shirt on the fire escape of the building. She was holding a toddler, Ms. Laracuente said.
Two men pulled down the fire-escape ladder, she said, and helped the woman and the child climb down.
Ms. Laracuente said she tried to enter the building, but was held back by thick smoke. One of her friends, she said, helped rescue another small child.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known, the spokesman said, and police and fire officials were investigating.
Valerie Frazier, 47, a resident of the building and a friend of the 25-year old woman, said that the electricity in Apt. 2C had been turned off and that the residents had resorted to using candles.
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