At least 19 people are dead and many injured at a New York public housing high-rise. Apparently the fire itself was confined to one unit, but smoke and fumes filled the building.
https://nypost.com/2022/01/09/nyc-fi...eople-injured/
This raises again the question of whether in a situation like this you should try to seal yourself in your apartment or make a run for it. At Grenfell people died after they were told to shelter in place, but in this building the danger was apparently smoke, not fire.
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At least 19 people are dead, including nine children, after the city’s deadliest fire in more than 30 years tore through a Bronx apartment building Sunday morning, according to a police official. The five-alarm blaze broke out just before 11 a.m. at 333 E 181st St, a 19-story building in the Tremont section of the Bronx, the FDNY said, and was knocked down about an hour later. “There were bodies being carried off every floor,” a firefighter told the Post. “It was the worst fire I saw in 30 years.” |
This raises again the question of whether in a situation like this you should try to seal yourself in your apartment or make a run for it. At Grenfell people died after they were told to shelter in place, but in this building the danger was apparently smoke, not fire.
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