Rapid Spread Of Fatal NYC Fire Blamed On Open Door

January 10, 2022 Disaster, News

The New York Daily News reports:

The deadliest New York City fire in decades killed at least 19 Bronx building residents Sunday, including nine children, FDNY sources said. The blaze was sparked by a malfunctioning electric space heater, FDNY officials said. Though officials said the heat in the building was functioning properly, the Bronx saw frigid temperatures dip into the high 20s early Sunday morning.

“This smoke extended the entire height of the building — completely unusual,” FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. “Members found victims on every floor, in stairwells, and were taking them out in cardiac and respiratory arrest.” It didn’t have to be that bad, Nigro said. ‘We’ve stressed this over and over, the door to that apartment was left open causing the fire to spread and the smoke to spread,” he said.

New York City’s ABC News affiliate reports:



Hospitals are desperately working to save the lives of more than a dozen people critically injured by smoke in a fire that killed 19 people. At least 44 people were injured, with 13 “clinging to their lives” in nearby hospitals.

Several are intubated. They are spread out among hospitals like Jacobi Medical Center, Westchester Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell.

Many of the victims are Muslim immigrants from the West African nation of Gambia. NYC Mayor Eric Adams urged all to seek help and assured their information would not be passed on to federal immigration authorities.

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