New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (C) and New York’s Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (R) attend a press conference near the scene where New York firefighters battle a blaze at a commercial and residential block on March 26, 2015 in New York’s East Village. The entire building at 125 Second Avenue was engulfed in flames and the lower two floors appeared partially collapsed, television footage and press photographs showed. Twelve people were reported hurt according to fire department officials. AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR