(Credit; FDNY) New York Fire Department firefighters on scene of deadly fire at 333 East 181 street in Bronx, NY that killed at least 17 persons Jan. 9, 2021
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
BRONX – NEW YORK – At last 17 persons are dead, including 7 children, after a fire spread through a 19-story building located at 333 East 181 Street in the Bronx section of New York City on Sunday. More than 200 firefighters responded to the scene of the five-alarm fire that started at approximately 11:00 a.m. in a duplex apartment on the third floor of the high-rise building, located in the Tremont section of Bronx, according to officials. More than 60 people were injured in the fire, according to the New York City Fire Department. The fire began due to a malfunctioning portable electric space heater in a bedroom that ignited a mattress. Officials are calling it one of the worst fires in New York during the past 30 years. Up to 13 people remained in critical condition Monday, with many more hospitalized.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Massive fire in 19-story high-rise apartment building in the Bronx killed at least 17 people.
The door to the apartment that caught fire was left open, causing the fire to spread and choking black smoke to spread rapidly to every floor above, causing some some tenants trapped suffocating in stairwells, officials said. Firefighters found victims on every floor, many in cardiac and respiratory arrest, said Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro. Some could not escape because of the thick amount of smoke, he said. Survivors recounted that the smoke was so black they could not see in the building’s hallways and stairwells.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Sadness and grief after massive fire in 19-story high-rise apartment building in the Bronx killed at least 17 people, including 7 children Jan. 9, 2022.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Massive fire in 19-story high-rise apartment building in the Bronx killed at least 17 people.
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DIPLOMATIC TIMES VIDEO / Clean up crews outside apartment building in Bronx, NY where 17 persons died in a fire Jan. 9, 2022.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Police officers and residents outside Bronx building where 17 died.
Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Police officer and residents outside Bronx building where 17 died.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Yellow crime scene tape at the scene of Bronx fire that killed 17 people Jan. 10, 2022.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) New York State Chaplain Task Force (NYSCTF) on the scene of Bronx fire that killed at least 17 people to provide spiritual and emotional support and assistance to individuals and their families.
RED CROSS Assisting Displaced Tenants And Families in The Bronx
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) The American Red Cross is assisting residents displaced by the fire at Bronx apartment building with food and shelter.
The nonprofit Red Cross organization set up an intake center near the Bronx apartment building to register tenants displaced by the fire. The Red Cross will put them up in hotels, and provide food as well as mental health services.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) (Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) The American Red Cross is assisting residents displaced by the fire at Bronx apartment building with food and shelter.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Bronx apartment building scene of fire that killed 17 people.
The residents consisted of a largely Muslim and Gambian population
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Many of the residents of the Bronx apartment building are Muslims and immigrants from West African nation Gambia.
According to New York Mayor Eric Adams, many of the residents of the 19-floor Twin Parks North West building that caught fire were immigrants from Gambia, New York Mayor Eric Adams.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Many of the victims of the deadly Bronx apartment fire were immigrants from West African nation Gambia. Volunteers stand outside The Gambian Youth Organization at 214 E. 181st Street where items like clothing, food and toiletries can be dropped off for tenants left displaced.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Police officer near scene of fire at Bronx apartment building Jan. 10, 2022.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) Police at 19-story apartment building Twin Parks North West in the Bronx, NY Jan. 10, 2022.
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo /©Diplomatic Times) NYPD traffic barricade near 19-story apartment building Twin Parks North West in the Bronx, NY Jan. 10, 2022.
