Outpouring of grief as victims of Bronx fire laid to rest
LA TimesIn front of the hearse after Sunday’s funeral service at the Islamic Cultural Center, a person hugs the father of 2-year-old Ousmane Konteh, one of 17 people killed in the high-rise fire. A Bronx community gathered Sunday to pay its final respects to perished loved ones, a week after a fire filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, suffocating smoke that killed 17 people, including eight children. The funeral was held at the Islamic Cultural Center, two miles from the 19-story apartment building where New York City’s deadliest fire in three decades unfolded. Therefore, there has to be responsibility from the elected officials to change the conditions that causes death every single day.” New York City Mayor Eric Adams, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Lt. Gov. New York City fire codes generally require apartment doors at larger apartment developments to be spring-loaded and slam shut automatically.
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