The retiring Fire Department commissioner discusses how the department, and even the fires it fights, have changed over the decades. Source: New York Times
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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
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
How a Racist Scandal at the F.D.N.Y. Led to Suspensions
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2021
The Fire Department has long faced allegations of discrimination. But after George Floyd’s murder, a thread of racist messages renewed concerns about the department’s racial climate. Source: New York Times