NY - 17 dead in Bronx Apartment Fire, 9 Jan 2022

[CrimeAway]

At least 19 people have died in an apartment fire in the Bronx, NY.

People seen jumping from windows of Bronx apartment building during fire | Daily Mail Online

ETA:

 

[sds71]

Mayor Eric Adams was on the scene Sunday, calling the fire “a horrific, horrific painful moment for the City of New York.”

“The impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of pain and despair in this city,” Adams said at a press conference. “This is going to be one of the worst fires we have witnessed in the City of New York in modern times.”

Bronx fire leaves at least 19 dead, dozens more critically injured

 

[al66pine]

17 story or 19 story building.*
Regardless, unbearably sad.

"The commissioner added that the apartment where the fire originated had its door opened, allowing for the blaze to spread throughout the building."
If article said which floor was fire's point of origin, I missed it.

More than 200 firefighters at the scene.

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* "The five-alarm blaze erupted shortly before 11 am on the third floor of a 19-story building at 333 East 181st Street." Other caption says 17 story.
^ Daily Mail story in OP ^

 

[CrimeAway]

New York Times report on the fire. I believe you can few several NYT articles per month for free, but I can't recall the specifics.

Updates: At Least 19 Dead, Including 9 Children, in Bronx Apartment Fire

 

[sallye818]

What brave and hard-working folks these firefighters are! The picture with the one carrying the baby out of a window really got to me. Prayers for all those displaced in this cold weather, and those who have lost loved ones and are traumatized.

 

[Dontknow?]

I read earlier the fire started on the first floor, a restaurant. They had several electric bikes/scooters charging and the lithium battery combusted. I'll try to find a link. It's just devastating.

Here's the article.


Bronx fire: Lithium-ion battery ignites apartment building - CNN

eta, Caught the tail end of a press conference. The man speaking said they are still investigating the cause of the fire. He said all the victims died from smoke inhalation. Not burned.

 

[Dontknow?]

Now it's a space heater.

Steve Herman
@W7VOA
·
2m

A malfunctioning electric space heater caused the Bronx apartment building fire that killed 19 people, say #NYC officials.

 

[sallye818]

So, so many fires from space heaters every winter...as a Salvation Army member in my community, we hear about it all too often.

 

[airportwoman]

So, so many fires from space heaters every winter...as a Salvation Army member in my community, we hear about it all too often.

The old-fashioned ones, with the red-hot metal coils, are extremely dangerous. Newer ones don't kick out as much heat, but they are far safer.

 

[CrimeAway]

I read earlier the fire started on the first floor, a restaurant. They had several electric bikes/scooters charging and the lithium battery combusted. I'll try to find a link. It's just devastating.

Here's the article.


Bronx fire: Lithium-ion battery ignites apartment building - CNN

eta, Caught the tail end of a press conference. The man speaking said they are still investigating the cause of the fire. He said all the victims died from smoke inhalation. Not burned.

I think that was a separate fire that started on Jan 8.

Saturday, Jan 8, 2022 fire:

Sunday, Jan 9, 2022 fatal fire:

 

[LadyL]

again?! I remember just reading about another very similar situation
so horribly sad

 

[sds71]

@ABC7NY

https://mobile.twitter.com/ABC7NY/status/1480331930902089728
HARROWING RESCUE: An FDNY firefighter was caught on camera rescuing a baby from a deadly Bronx apartment fire that killed more than a dozen. "New York City Fire Department don't play," said Tanisha Ashe as she recorded the video. https://7ny.tv/3n6DmHO

https://twitter.com/ABC7NY/status/1480331930902089728?s=20

 

[Wild Rose]

Prayers to FDNY too.

 

[CrimeAway]

Here is audio of FDNY's radio dispatch overlaying video from the scene. WARNING, graphic images of CPR in the background (patients' faces are not visible, but discretion advised).

 

[CrimeAway]

Father rescues daughter from burning bed in Bronx apartment where inferno broke out | Daily Mail Online

 

[Dontknow?]

WSVN 7 News
@wsvn
1m

#BREAKING - New York City mayor revises death toll in Bronx fire, says 17 were killed, 2 fewer than originally thought (via
@AP
).

 

[sds71]

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  • New York City Mayor Eric Adams said a malfunction with a self-closing door allowed smoke from a Bronx apartment fire started by a faulty space heater to spread throughout the building
  • Andrew Ansbro, president of the FDNY Uniformed Firefighters Association Union, said the 49-year-old building was poorly equipped to deal with a fire
  • The building has no fire escapes and its stairwells, which are meant to be used as emergency exits, quickly filled with smoke as the fire burned
  • Fire officials also cited the system of 'scissor stairs' inside the complex as a design that makes it more difficult to feed a hose through in the building
  • The complex is equipped with self-sealing fire doors, but investigators said at least one, located on the 15th floor of the high-rise, was not shut, allowing smoke to spread
  • The blaze is New York City's deadliest in three decades, killing 17, including eight children, and leaving at least 63 injured; Adams said it is possible the death toll could rise as many remain hospitalized Monday
  • Although none of the victims' identities have been confirmed by the coroner, police sources said the victims include a 4-year-old, two 5-year-old girls, a 6-year-old boy, a pair of 11-year-old girls and a 12-year-old boy

How Bronx building turned into a smoke-filled chimney that killed 17 | Daily Mail Online

 

[Dontknow?]

Sprinkler systems not required in the city? Unbelievable.

 

[CrimeAway]

Sprinkler systems not required in the city? Unbelievable.

I have read that sprinklers are required in new builds, but apparently this building dates from the 1970s, and was built to Federal codes of the time. I don't have sources to quote immediately, so JMO.

ETA: General NYC Fire code info:
nyc-fire-code

 

[Shamrock1]

Sprinkler systems not required in the city? Unbelievable.

Typically required in construction from a certain date, but rarely retroactive.