A woman badly hurt in a Bronx apartment building fire has died, police said Monday.
The woman and seven other people were rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital after the blaze broke out on the second floor of the six-story building on Washington Ave. near E. 185th St. in Belmont about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
The woman later died. Cops initially said she was 40 but now say they are unsure of her age as they work to determine her identity.
The other victims are recovering from smoke inhalation and other injuries.
The FDNY said firefighters managed to bring the fire and smoke under control in under an hour.
Building residents told the Daily News that no fire alarms rang out in the building, despite the mounting flames.
A few residents opted to stay in their apartments while the fire raged and smoke filled the hallways.
Berthel Washington, 57, said she stayed behind because of a “lung problem.”
“I had to stay next to my oxygen machine but my house was full of smoke and I just heard noise, breaking walls, water,” she said.
Washington recalled being hit by a wave of heat and black smoke when she briefly opened her apartment door.
“There was soot all over the place,” she said, adding that the flames partially blocked her access to the fire escape.
“I would have been all messed up either way,” she said. “It was best for me to stay in the house.”
The building’s first floor houses various businesses, including a grocery store and pharmacy.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
