Sixteen people, including six firefighters and two children, were injured in an early morning fire at a Brooklyn apartment, the FDNY said. The fire started just after 6 a.m. in a seven-story building at 65 Bay 19th Street in the Bath Beach area,

At least 16 people were hurt in an early morning fire in Brooklyn, and smoke-filled hallways made it hard to breathe, forcing residents to escape through windows or off fire escapes.A 42-year-old man and two children -- boys ages 5 and 5 months -- were critically injured after being overcome by smoke in an attempt to escape the building.

Firefighters pulled a man out of the fire, and he had burns throughout his body, and a laceration to his neck.