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Low-Income Residents Face Higher Risk of Deadly Fires Like Bronx High-Rise Apartment Blaze

Brick apartment condo building exterior architecture in Fordham Heights center, Bronx, NYC, Manhattan, New York City with fire escapes, windows, ac units in evening

The deadly fire in a Bronx apartment building was the second such tragedy in low-income housing in the United States this month, highlighting the persistent link between poverty and residential fire deaths. “This is not to say that poverty invariably leads to fires,” said Birgitte Messerschmidt, research director at the National Fire Protection Association. “However,… Continue reading Low-Income Residents Face Higher Risk of Deadly Fires Like Bronx High-Rise Apartment Blaze

Devastating Bronx High-Rise Apartment Fire Leaves 19 Dead, Investigators Looking into Maintenance Issues

Strong and brave Firefighter Going Up The Stairs in Burning Building. Stairs Burn With Open Flames.

Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that officials are looking into whether a “maintenance issue” with an apartment door allowed thick smoke from a fire that killed 19 people, including nine children, to spread throughout a high-rise building in the Bronx. On Sunday, a malfunctioning space heater in the bedroom of a third-floor apartment started a… Continue reading Devastating Bronx High-Rise Apartment Fire Leaves 19 Dead, Investigators Looking into Maintenance Issues