Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the fire was caused by a malfunctioning space heater.

[elleng]

'Victims on every floor': 19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire
Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the fire was caused by a malfunctioning space heater.

PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR SPACE HEATERS AND OTHER ELECTRONICS.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/large-life-threatening-nyc-building-fire/507-da801c24-c7d8-4770-9fc6-4f8ecf282319?

[Historic NY]

1. And please don't use those cheap thin white & brown extensions cords...

with multiple areas to plug in they are not meant for heaters or going under carpets.

[JI7]

2. I thought this was going to be about the Pennsylvania fire from about a week ago

but another horrible story with more deaths . Especially so many innocent kids killed.

[hlthe2b]

3. Turn them off when you leave the house, please!

[Klaralven]

4. People in apartment where fire started evacuated, left door open so fire spread

Around 200 FDNY members responded to battle the inferno, which officials say broke out in a duplex apartment spanning the second and third floors when the space heater malfunctioned in a bedroom.

A door left open in the apartment where the fire originated allowed the smoke to spread throughout the building, officials said.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/09/nyc-fire-leaves-numerous-people-injured/

When evacuating an apartment you must close the door.

In this case the fire started low in the 19 story building and spread upwards filling the stairwells with smoke.

A resident told the Post that people might not have fled the building quickly enough because the fire alarm frequently goes off, so they may have thought it was just another false alarm this time, too.

“The fire alarm goes off in the hallway all the time, at least twice a week,” said the 18th floor resident, who asked not to be named. “What do I do when I watch a movie? I put the volume up because it goes off all the time.

“I don’t know if it’s faulty or what it is. …. People on the third, fourth, fifth and went about their day until they saw smoke,” he said of Sunday’s blaze.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. If people are using space heaters in an apartment, the landlord/owner is breaking the law.

When the building has dozens of complaints to the city, many for no heat, in one year, the city is not fulfilling its duty of providing safe housing for its most vulnerable.

The owner is on Eric Adams' housing team, so he'll be easy to find and hold accountable, I'm sure.