Donations pour in for Bronx fire victims

An online fundraising campaign has raised more than $180,000 for the victims of the horrific Bronx fire that left at least 19 people – including nine children – dead and injured at least 32 others on Sunday.

The GoFundMe fundraiser was organized by Salim Drammeh, of the Gambian Youth Organization [GYO], a local charity who wrote in an Instagram post that several of its members were residents in the 19-story high-rise building at 333 E. 181st St. in Tremont.

“A 5-alarm fire destroyed the homes of many of our GYO community members at 333 East 183rd Street,” Drammeh wrote. “At the moment, at least 19 people have

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