Holidays lights, which usually introduce us to the Christmas spirit, seem to also spread terror on some occasions.

An apartment building at 2334 Boston Road in the Bronxdale neighborhood was destroyed by a blaze late Sunday afternoon, living the building in smoke. The fire started at 6:20 p.m. on the eight floor of the building.

According to a fire official, 26 people were injured in the blaze, most of them with minor injuries, from smoke inhalation, except one person who was taken in cardiac arrest to the Jacoby Medical Center. He was listed in critical condition, fighting for his life after he had suffered a heart attack, the hospital representative revealed. They couldn’t tell for sure what caused the victim’s heart attack.

From the 26 person injured in the fire, 14 were currently living on the building and 11 were firefighters came to help in extinguishing the fire.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to officials, but neighbor Annie Kalaj, 35, told firefighters that lights on a Christmas tree were to blame for the blaze.

"My daughter said there's a fire in her room from the Christmas decorations. I called 911, grabbed the kids and ran out," she said, quoted by the New York daily News.