Mayor Eric Adams suggested a faulty door could have helped the smoke from the deadly Bronx apartment inferno spread — and has promised the city’s fire marshals will conduct an “extremely thorough” investigation.
“We have a law here that requires doors to close automatically. We are looking at [that] through the investigation with the fire marshals, who will be extremely thorough with the investigation,” Adams said on CNN’s “New Day” Monday morning.
“We’re looking to determine if there was some form of malfunctioning of the door.”
The Sunday morning blaze caused by a malfunctioning space heater killed dozens of people — including nine children — and injured
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