Abdoulie Touray is believed to have been the first Gambian to move into 333 E. 181st Street. He drew scores of compatriots to the building where 17 died in a fire. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Fires and Firefighters”
What We Know About the Building in the Bronx Apartment Fire
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2022
The companies purchased Twin Parks North West, the Bronx building where there was a deadly fire, along with seven other buildings in the borough for $166 million. Source: New York Times
Desperate Search for Those Missing in Bronx Fire: ‘We’re Still Waiting’
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2022
Two days after the fire, the city released a partial list of the deceased. Source: New York Times
What We Know About Victims of Bronx Fire
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2022
The day after his 12th birthday, Muhammad Drammeh died along with his mother and two of his sisters. Source: New York Times
Why a Closed Door Can Save Lives During a Fire
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2022
After a fire in a Bronx high-rise killed 17 people, fire officials are focusing on simple safety measures that can help in the earliest moments of a blaze. Source: New York Times
Deadly Smoke and a Door That Did Not Close
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2022
Seventeen people killed in Sunday’s fire inhaled smoke that poured out of a single apartment. Its door-closing mechanism did not work, officials said. Source: New York Times
A Family Tried to Flee the Bronx Fire. Smoke Overwhelmed Them.
By Gotham Rex on January 10, 2022
The Dukuray family had left Gambia over a decade ago and settled into a top-floor apartment in the Bronx building that burned on Sunday. Source: New York Times
Two Open Doors Created ‘Flue Effect’ of Deadly Smoke at Bronx High-Rise
By Gotham Rex on January 10, 2022
Smoke inhalation appeared to cause all 17 deaths related to the fire — a number officials feared could climb. Source: New York Times
What We Know About the Bronx Apartment Building Fire
By Gotham Rex on January 10, 2022
The blaze began just before 11 a.m. on Sunday in a building on East 181st Street. Nine children were killed. Source: New York Times
The Happy Land Nightclub Fire in 1990 Left 87 People Dead
By Gotham Rex on January 10, 2022
An arson at the Happy Land Social Club killed 87 people more than 30 years ago. Source: New York Times
Fire in Bronx Apartment Building Kills At Least 19
By Gotham Rex on January 9, 2022
Nine children were among those who died when a space heater malfunctioned in a Bronx apartment building, city officials said. Source: New York Times
What We Know About the Victims of the Bronx Fire in New York City
By Gotham Rex on January 9, 2022
Residents who survived the Bronx inferno on Sunday described a quiet morning that suddenly was overtaken by terror and tragedy. Source: New York Times
Cause of Deadly Bronx Fire Under Investigation
By Gotham Rex on January 9, 2022
The blaze started in a duplex apartment on the second and third floors and quickly spread. Source: New York Times
'We Were Just Trying to Breathe,' Says Man Who Survived Bronx Fire
By Gotham Rex on January 9, 2022
It took only moments for the apartment to become filled with smoke, said Wesley Patterson, who has lived in the building for 20 years. At least 19 people are dead. Source: New York Times
‘The numbers are horrific,’ Mayor Eric Adams said.
By Gotham Rex on January 9, 2022
Crews entering the building found victims “on every floor,” the fire commissioner said, and were taking them out in “cardiac and respiratory arrest,” he said. Source: New York Times