A five-alarm fire broke out early Friday morning in the Bronx, leaving seven people hurt and more than 200 others displaced.Firefighters responded around 1:45 a.m. to a six-story apartment building at 2910 Wallace Avenue in the Allerton section of the borough.

Investigators are continuing to look into the cause of an apartment building fire in the Bronx that left over 250 people homeless, as some residents say desperation due to poor heating conditions in the building may have led to the fire.

Hundreds of firefighters continued battling the blaze on Friday, with many of the residents relocated to a nearby school for shelter.