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Firefighters leaving the scene of the fire at 125 West 228th Street in the Bronx today.
Firefighters leaving the scene of the fire at 125 West 228th Street in the Bronx today.J.C.Rice
A firetruck outside the apartment in the Bronx today.
A firetruck outside the apartment in the Bronx today.J.C.Rice
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A fire Investigator looks out the window of the 7th floor of the building today.
A fire Investigator looks out the window of the 7th floor of the building today.J.C.Rice
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A Bronx boy was rescued after he began crying for help as a fire broke out in his apartment building, authorities said.

The blaze raced through a seventh-floor apartment at 125 West 228th St. in the Marble Hill section at 8:15 a.m., according to an FDNY spokesman.

Neighbors reported seeing the 10-year-old leaning out a seventh-floor window of the 14-story building yelling, “Help! Help!”

The boy has “asthma problems” and was unconscious when taken out of the building, according to a neighbor.

The child suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to Jacobi Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries, an NYPD spokesman said. One firefighter was transported to North Central Bronx. His condition was not immediately known. The FDNY declared the blaze under control shortly before 9 a.m., authorities said.

Officials did not immediately say what sparked the blaze or if the boy had been home alone.

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