A portable space heater was behind an apartment fire in New York City that left at least 19 people, including nine children, dead, with dozens more injured.
By Susannah Cullinane, CNN A malfunctioning electric space heater in a bedroom was the source of an apartment building fire Sunday in the Bronx that killed 19 people, New York City’s fire commissioner said, in a tragedy that marks one of the city’s worst fires in modern history and raises major safe…
A malfunctioning electric space heater in a bedroom was the source of an apartment building fire Sunday in the Bronx that killed 19 people, New York City's fire commissioner said, in a tragedy that marks one of the city's worst fires in modern history and raises major safety questions.
9 children among the dead; over 50 hurt, with 13 in critical condition; blaze caused by faulty space heater in 19-story Bronx building mostly inhabited by immigrants from Gambia
An electric space heater is being blamed for sparking the horrific high-rise Bronx apartment fire that killed at least 19 people, including nine children, city officials confirmed Sunday evening. The fire originated in a duplex on the second and third floors of the building but never extended past t…
A deadly fire in a New York high-rise apartment building over the weekend started with a space heater, according for fire officials, highlighting the need for caution when using the devices.
Tenants and tenant advocacy groups fear that the conditions are ripe for another fire-related disaster and are drawing attention to longstanding systemic issues that go beyond a single space heater.
