Six people dead and nine injured after fire at Brooklyn home

Firefighters and police among injured as officials investigate lithium-ion battery found at scene in Sunset Park

Six people died in a fire that roared through a residential home in New York early on Thursday and nine others were injured, including three firefighters and two police officers, the city authorities said.

The major fire was reported in the early hours in Brooklyn and brought more than 200 first responders rushing to attend to the blaze and those trapped by it, in the city borough's Sunset Park neighborhood.