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New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says all of the seven adults and nine children hurt in a Bronx fire are expected to be OK.

The 5:30 a.m. fire broke out in a tin-roof furniture store, where the gates were down, on Commonwealth Avenue in Van Nest and rapidly spread up to apartments in the mixed-use building. FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said firefighters arrived in less than 4 minutes and helped rescue tenants.

Residents from the apartments above fled, including a man who ran outside with no shirt and no shoes. Nearby, icicles hung from power lines.

Resident Erica Ortiz told WCBS that a window guard blocked a fire escape. She says she tried to kick it open, to no avail.

Over 200 firefighters battled the blaze.

On Thursday, 12 people, including children, died in a fast-moving fire in the Bronx, also near the zoo. Officials said that fire was sparked by a toddler playing with a stove. On Wednesday morning, a fire ripped through a multistory home on Garden Street near the Bronx Zoo that forced residents to quickly flee, some still in bathrobes. That same morning, a second fire burned, also at a multistory apartment building on Knox Place in the Norwood section of the Bronx. No one was hurt in that blaze.

WATCH #FDNY members continue to operate on scene this morning of a 7-alarm fire, 1547 Commonwealth Ave #Bronx. pic.twitter.com/p1PgFLtZ4a

— FDNY (@FDNY) January 2, 2018

#FDNY members continue to operate on scene this morning of a 7-alarm fire, 1547 Commonwealth Ave #Bronx. Currently 16 non life-threatening injuries have been reported. pic.twitter.com/ICKfR4LsTH

— FDNY (@FDNY) January 2, 2018

WATCH #FDNY members continue to operate on scene this morning of a 7-alarm fire, 1547 Commonwealth Ave #Bronx. pic.twitter.com/4ly7apGp92

— FDNY (@FDNY) January 2, 2018

Thank you @nycsanitation for assisting #FDNY members as they continue to operate on scene of a 7-alarm fire at 1547 Commonwealth Ave #Bronx pic.twitter.com/MTh5n0wnUZ

— FDNY (@FDNY) January 2, 2018

(AP)