# Huge Fire in the Bronx

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 9, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-fire-in-the-bronx/957488 "2022-01-09T22:08:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-fire-in-the-bronx/957488/20 "2022-01-11T01:51:23Z")

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> [@PastTense](#):
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> > [@gkster](#):
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> > There are 13 victims critically injured so the death toll may well rise.
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> Actually the opposite happened: [Bronx fire: New York officials revise death toll to 17, including 8 children : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/1071850227/bronx-fire-death-toll)

I’m glad to be wrong, then.  
About the space heater issue, the NY Times article says that many of the victims “are Muslim immigrants from the West African nation of Gambia”, so probably not used to cold weather. It points out that “many people still rely on outdated heaters with minimal safety features, or they do not know how to use heaters safely, fire experts said.” [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/10/nyregion/bronx-fire-nyc?name=styln-bronx-fire&region=TOP\_BANNER&block=storyline\_menu\_recirc&action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&variant=0\_Control&is\_new=false](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/10/nyregion/bronx-fire-nyc?name=styln-bronx-fire&region=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&variant=0_Control&is_new=false)  
(sorry, I’m a NYT subscriber and don’t know how non-subscribers can get around the paywall)

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