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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.

In the wake of the high-rise fire that killed 17 in the Bronx earlier this month, lawmakers from New York are proposing federal fire safety legislation addressing sprinklers, space heaters, doors and other residential building standards. Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Ritchie Torres say their four-point plan includes critical measures needed to prevent the kind of tragedy and loss seen…

The New York Police Department released footage from an officer’s body camera that showed the officer running to get into the home and joining other officers in pulling debris off a woman, including what appeared to be a couch. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

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...

Four New York City residential buildings will have to be demolished after a deadly apartment explosion Tuesday, the city councilmember for the area said. The Tuesday morning explosion on Fox Street in the south Bronx left 77-year-old Martha Dagbasta dead and seven others injured, including five cops who suffered smoke inhalation trying to rescue one of the other victims from…

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. NBC New York’s team coverage.

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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…

Elected officials are backing a new law requiring landlords to install heat sensors that would more quickly and accurately detect fires. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

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 Bronx community is preparing to say goodbye to victims of the deadly apartment fire that claimed 17 lives. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

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

Days after a devastating fire took the lives of 17 adults and children living in a Bronx apartment building, lawmakers returned to introduce legislation designed to safeguard tenants against similar disasters in the future. Fire safety has been front and center since a malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire and sent suffocating smoke billowing throughout the building’s 19 floors. City…

Legislations at both local and federal levels are being introduced to address fire safety concerns following the deadly fire in the Bronx that killed 17 people. NBC New York’s Rana Novini 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.

Calls to prayer rang out from a Bronx mosque Wednesday as a bereaved community prepares to bury its dead — 17 souls — in the coming days and families seek closure from New York City’s most devastating fire in decades.