Officials say a space heater sparked a fire that killed at least 19 people, including nine children in a Bronx apartment fire on Sunday in a building at 333 East 181st Street in the Fordham Heights neighborhood.
apartment fire Sunday in a building at 333 East 181st Street in the Fordham Heights neighborhood.
"It certainly is traumatizing when we can't save a life," Nigro said. "And our members tried diligently to bring some of these people back and to bring them out as quickly as they did."Injuries from the fire include 32 people with life-threatening injuries, 9 people in serious condition, and 22 people with non-life-threatening injuries., but the ultimate death toll could be the worst the city has seen since the Happy Land fire in 1990 that killed 87 people.
The building has a large immigrant population, and officials said they would make sure those affected people would be assisted as well.
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