bronx fire

Several families whose loved ones died or were injured while trying to escape a smoked-filled Bronx apartment building are suing the owners.

Rapper Cardi B will cover funeral costs for the victims of a deadly Bronx blaze that killed 17 people earlier this month, the city said Wednesday. “The Bronx native and Grammy Award-winning artist has committed to paying costs, including repatriation expenses for some victims buried in the Gambia, through the Mayor’s Fund’s Bronx Fire Relief Fund,” City Hall said...

At least one person is dead after an explosion at a Bronx apartment building set off a massive fire and led to a partial building collapse on Tuesday. The NYPD said a 77-year-old woman was dead, and two other women, ages 68 and 82, were in stable condition. Two of them women, sisters, were found on the ground outside the…

A Bronx community is paying its final respects to loved ones, a week after a fire filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, suffocating smoke that killed 17 people, including six children

If only so many seemingly minor factors had not aligned, then 17 people, including eight children, might now be alive.

The blaze was caused by a space heater — and made catastrophically worse because the door to the unit where it erupted was left open. Hallways were turned to dark, ash-choked horrors.

UPDATE: Mayor Revises Bronx Fire Death Toll to 17, Cautions Count Could Still Rise 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…