85-year-old woman seriously hurt as fire rips through Hunts Point building

HUNTS POINT, Bronx (WABC) -- An 85-year-old woman is in serious condition after a three-alarm fire in the Bronx Sunday night.

Flames ignited on the top floor of a five-story residential and commercial building at 10-38 Southern Boulevard in Hunts Point.

Officials say the fire started in the elderly victim's apartment.

People in the building next door were evacuated as a precaution.

The Red Cross is now helping 16 families displayed by the fire.