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An obscure city law requiring self-closing doors in residential buildings is garnering attention in light of this past weekend’s horrific fire in a Bronx apartment tower.

On Jan. 9, a devastating fire engulfed a high rise working-class apartment building in the Bronx. The Twin Parks fire was the most fatal one New York

Federally subsidized housing complexes, many of them owned by for-profit investors, fail to enforce basic safety standards.

The death toll, originally reported as 19, was revised downwards to 17 on Monday. All died from smoke inhalation, a spokesperson for the citys medical examiner said.

NEW YORK (AP)--Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke

NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke to rise through

Investigators are trying to determine why safety doors failed to close in a New York City high-rise when a deadly fire broke out. The failures allowed thick smoke to billow through the tower and kill 17 people, including eight children, in the city's deadliest fire in more than three decades.

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke to rise through the tower and kill 17 people, including eight children, in the city's deadliest

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke to rise through