NEW YORK, January 10
Nineteen persons were killed, including nine children, and several others were injured when a fire started by a malfunctioning space heater spread smoke through a building in The Bronx borough of New York City on Sunday, city officials said.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, just over a week into the job, confirmed 19 persons had died due to the blaze that broke out around 11 am in the imposing 19-floor Twin Parks North West building, which provided affordable housing units and was home to a Gambian community.
Earlier on Sunday, officials said 32 persons had been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries and some 60 people were injured in total as smoke drifted through the building on a cold winter morning. The fire itself started from a space heater in an apartment that spanned the second and third floors of the building, and only made it to the hall, officials said. But smoke still spread to every floor of the 120-unit building, likely because the door to the apartment was left open. — Reuters
60 sustain burns | fire due to space heater
Close on heels of Philadelphia tragedy
An apartment fire killed 12, including eight children, and injured many in Philadelphia city last week
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