Tonight. You are in the cnn newsroom. We begin this hour in new york, whats being called the citys deadliest fire in 30 years. 19 people were killed including five children. The fire broke out shortly before noon today in a bronx apartment building. Authorities say a faulty space heater sparked the blaze which quickly spread throughout two floors. Firefighters were on the scene within minutes and quickly launched rescues but an open door to the apartment where the fire started sent massive amounts of smoke pouring out into the stairways, leaving people unable to find their way out. Cnns Polo Sandoval has been on the scene for hours. Polo, what are you learning right now based on whats transpired over the course of the last several hours . Reporter phil, a lot of people who live in that building are left wondering when theyll be allowed to go back inside. To give you a sense of how things developed earlier today, that fire was actually in a Duplex Apartment on the third floor of this 19
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Former City official and aide to four former Bronx borough presidents, Robert “Bob” Francis Nolan, who died on Dec. 15, 2023 at the age of 70, as reported, was honored with a posthumous award in the presence of his family during an Irish Heritage Month celebration hosted by the Office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on March 27.
Former City official and aide to four former Bronx borough presidents, Robert “Bob” Francis Nolan, who died on Dec. 15, 2023 at the age of 70, as reported, was honored with a posthumous award in the presence of his family during an Irish Heritage Month celebration hosted by the Office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on March 27.