A Bronx community is set to bury more than a dozen loved ones, a week after a fire filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, black smoke.
All of the dead collapsed and died after being overcome by the smoke while trying to descend the stairs, which acted as a flue for the heavy smoke.
As family buried their loved ones, others remained in hospitals, some in serious condition, because of smoke inhalation. The dead ranged in age from 2 to 50. Entire families were killed, including a family of five. Others would leave behind orphaned children. Fundraisers have collected nearly $400,000 thus far. The Mayor’s Fund, Bank of America and other groups said 118 families displaced by the fire would each get $2,250 in aid.Much of the focus centers on the catastrophic spread of the smoke from the apartment.
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