bronx fire tragedy

After 17 people died in the flames and smoke of the 2022 Twin Parks fire in the Bronx, high-rise fire safety took on new importance in NYC. Despite that, the I-Team found some investors behind the building that burned continue to face complaints about heat and fire doors. NBC New York Chris Glorioso reports.

After 17 people died in a Bronx inferno 12 months ago, fire investigators blamed a space heater and broken fire doors. Residents on the third floor of 333 East 181st Street, known as Twin Parks North West, were trying to keep warm when the heater sparked the fire. If their apartment door had automatically shut as it should have done,…

One year since the Twin Parks building fire and buildings owned by the same investors have not made conditions better for their tenants. Chris Glorioso reports.

One year since the fire at the Twin Parks building caused by a space heater. Marc Santia reports.

With prayers, flowers and a new street sign, people gathered Monday for a somber ceremony to mark the anniversary of one of the deadliest fires in New York City’s history. Together, a tightly-knit Bronx community raised a new street sign, 17 Abdoulie Tourway Way, honoring the first Gambian immigrant to call the Fordham Heights neighborhood home. The number 17 remembers…

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

The group that owns the Bronx tower where 17 people died in a fire says it has fixed other problems regarding fire doors at all its properties. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

The group that owns the Bronx tower where 17 people died in a fire owns other buildings containing hundreds of apartments — and there were other problems regarding fire doors at those properties as well. The I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Landlords for the burned Bronx building own multiple apartment towers with hundreds more residential units. The I-Team visited some of those properties, finding many were plagued by the very same problem: Broken fire doors that won’t close behind you in the event of running away from flames. The I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Malfunctioning self-closing doors were partly blamed for the fire that killed 17 people in the Bronx this month. Now the I-Team has learned the building’s landlord owns other residential properties – that are also plagued by faulty fire doors.

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...

Sunday’s mass funeral at the Islamic Cultural Center capped a week of prayers and mourning within a close-knit community hailing from West Africa, most with connections to the small country of Gambia. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A communal funeral for victims of New York City’s deadliest fire in decades has been planned for Sunday, a week after the the blaze in the Bronx high-rise.

Survivors of the Bronx fire that killed 17 people are calling for the city and GoFundMe to speed up the release of relief funds because they need help now. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

All 17 victims who lost their lives Sunday in New York City’s deadliest fire in three decades have now been identified, with the last of the names being released by fire officials early Wednesday. Tracie Strahan reports.

Every one of the victims who lost their lives, the youngest of whom was just a toddler, succumbed to smoke inhalation. These are their names.

Officials have identified 14 of the 17 victims who died in the tragic Bronx fire over the weekend. Those who died were remembered at a vigil Tuesday night, held after the first lawsuit for the fire was filed. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

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

What you should do in a fire depends partly on the design of the building and where the fire is located.

After a deadly blaze broke out at a Bronx apartment building, Yusupha Jawara rushed to the scene and helped transport people to the hospital. But as Sunday wore on, his concern about his family grew, as neither his brother nor his sister-in-law answered their phones