Residents describe escape from Bronx high-rise during horrific fire
Jim Dolan has more from residents who escaped the Bronx high rise during Sunday’s massive fire.
At least 19 people died, including nine children, in the fire that broke out at a high-rise apartment building.
About 200 firefighters were battling the five-alarm fire that started in a duplex apartment on the third floor of a 19-story high-rise building at 333 East 181st Street in the Tremont section of the Bronx just before 11 a.m. Sunday.
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro says a malfunctioning space heater was the cause of the deadly fire. He says the space heater was being used to supplement building heat. Smoke alarms were operable.
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