A fire broke out in a Bronx public housing project this afternoon, leaving residents "hanging from the windows" until firefighters arrived. According to police scanner reports, the blaze erupted in a building in the Pelham Parkway Houses near the corner of Pelham Parkway and Wallace Avenue. The scanner indicates the fire injured nine people, one of them seriously. ABC reports the fire started on the fifth floor at around 2 pm and injured five people, though none of them suffered life threatening injuries.
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