Fire then spread quickly to nearby furniture and bedding, Dwyer said. What caused it to malfunction remains under investigation, spokesman Frank Dwyer said. The dead included children as young as 4 years old, City Council Member Oswald Feliz said.Īn investigation was underway to determine exactly how the fire spread and whether anything could have been done to prevent or contain the blaze, Nigro said.Ī fire department official said the space heater had been running for a “prolonged period” before the fire began.
Nigro said patients were taken to seven hospitals and “there was a bit of a double count.” “It is going to show our resiliency.”Īdams lowered the death toll from an initial report Sunday, saying that two fewer people were killed than originally thought. “This tragedy is not going to define us,” Adams said. Mayor Eric Adams called it an “unspeakable tragedy” at a news conference near the scene Monday. “That one door played a critical role in allowing the fire to spread and the smoke and heat to spread vertically through the building."ĭozens of people were hospitalized, including several in critical condition. “It’s pretty remarkable that the failure of one door could lead to how many deaths we had here, but that’s the reality of it,” Corbett said.
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