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Eleven people, including a firefighter, were hurt after a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx Sunday night. The fire broke out shortly before 10:15 p.m. in the basement of a building located on Jerome Avenue. The FDNY says when they arrived at the six-story building, along Jerome Avenue near West 192nd Street, crews found flames in the basement….

A fire broke out in a six-story building on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx Sunday night. There were a total of eleven injuries, including one firefighter, injured..

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is pushing fire safety with a new executive order signed on Sunday. The move follows the Twin Parks apartment fire that killed 17 people in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx in early January. The mayor’s order calls for greater efforts to identify code violations earlier and for better fire safety outreach. Adams…

The mayor’s office vowed to help after a smoky apartment fire killed 17 people in the Bronx, and in the two months since the tragedy, has raised $4.4 million — but only a fraction of that has been given directly to the residents so far. The fire uprooted the lives of countless families over two months ago, many forced to…

The mayor’s office vowed to help after a smoky apartment fire killed 17 people in the Bronx, and in the two months since the tragedy, has raised $4.4 million — but only a fraction of that has been given directly to the residents so far. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

Bronx families impacted by the devastating fire almost two months ago that claimed the lives of 17 residents will continue to receive meal assistance thanks to a new partnership, Mayor Eric Adams announced Saturday. Culturally-sensitive meals have been delivered to those affected by the Jan. 9 blaze through the work of World Central Kitchen and The Hoodspitality Group; the latter…

Survivors of the deadly Bronx fire that killed 17 people gathered on one-month anniversary of the blaze to demand change. the NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

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.

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.