A fire tore through a home in Brooklyn , New York a little after midnight early Saturday morning . The blaze killed seven siblings , ages 5 to 15 , and critically injured their sister Tzipara , 14 , and mother , Gayle Sassoon . Over 100 firefighters as well as New York Fire Department worked to fight the fire and help the Orthodox Jewish family . The children could be heard screaming 'Mommy , mommy help me , ' as mother jumped out a window in order to get help as blaze was too strong . The blaze began in the kitchen , when a hot plate that was left on , likely to keep food warm during the Sabbath without using the oven , caught fire . 'This is the largest tragedy by fire that the city has had in seven years , ' said Hatzolah Commissioner Daniel Nigro . It is the deadliest fire in the city since a March 2007 inferno that claimed the lives 10 , including nine children , in the Bronx .
A fire tore through a home in Brooklyn , New York a little after midnight early Saturday morning . The blaze killed seven siblings , ages 5 to 15 , and critically injured their sister Tzipara , 14 , and mother , Gayle Sassoon . Over 100 firefighters as well as Hatzolah worked to fight the fire and help the Orthodox Jewish family . The children could be heard screaming 'Mommy , mommy help me , ' as mother jumped out a window in order to get help as blaze was too strong . The blaze began in the kitchen , when a hot plate that was left on , likely to keep food warm during the Sabbath without using the oven , caught fire . 'This is the largest tragedy by fire that the city has had in seven years , ' said New York Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro . It is the deadliest fire in the city since a March 2007 inferno that claimed the lives 10 , including nine children , in the Bronx .