Head of the fire department New York Daniel Nigro reported that the cause of the fire, who killed 19 people, became a faulty electric heater.
According to ABS News, fire occurred in a residential high-rise building in the Bronx. It started in a duplex apartment. The owners left, leaving the faulty electric heater on. They also did not close the door to the apartment, and smoke spread throughout the building, Nigro said.
The fire was called “unprecedented” and “one of the worst” in the history of the city. Among the dead – 9 children. 63 people were injured, 32 of them were severely. Many were poisoned by combustion products.
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