Child Toying With Stove Sparked Bronx Fire That Killed 12
The boy “had a history†of playing with burners on the stove, New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro added. When the child’s mother discovered the fire, she took the boy and a 2-year-old out of the building, but left the door open, helping the fire spread. The building’s open stairway “acted like a chimney,†Nigro said.
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