![]() Fire officials said that the smoke was able to spread because the door of that apartment and the door from the stairwell to the 15th floor were left open, even though the doors were supposed to close automatically. The determination comes after an electric space heater sparked a fire in a duplex unit, flooding the 19-story apartment building with smoke. The manner of death was determined to be an accident for them all, said OCME Director of Public Affairs Julie Bolcer. ![]() (CNN) - All 17 victims from a fire in a Bronx apartment building on Sunday died of smoke inhalation, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). Officials are looking for long-term solutions to ensure a similar tragedy never happens again, and pictured here, an apartment building which suffered the city's deadliest fire in three decades is seen in the Bronx borough of New York, on January 10.īy Kelly McCleary, Amir Vera and Liam Reilly, CNN
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