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