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The unification of this city come into this family and this community to let you know we are here and we're going to be here for you. thank you very much. >> and you've been listening to an update from the mayor of new york, eric adams, the new york governor, new york senator chuck schumer and other officials on the deadly fire that killed 19 people including nine children in the deadliest fire in new york city in some 30 years. and with me now is the former fdny commissioner thomas von essen. commissioner, it sounds as though what we were hearing from both the fire commissioner and the mayor ...

You remember the state quarters? >> my kids started captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, the new information that we're learning about new york city's deadliest fire in decades, and the warning about space heaters just as a cold arctic blast takes aim at the northeast. at least 17 people killed, including eight children, but the concern tonight that the death toll could rise with more than a dozen still hospitalized -- the horrifying account of a woman who narrowly escaped. >> i was hearing people, you know, yell help me, help me. >> o'donnell: new vaccines, omicron shots could b...

Parks northwest has properly functioning self-closing doors. if the door closed automatically, containment of the smoke would have -- the spread of the smoke would have been contained and the -- since the door was left wide open and the building had no fire escape the smoke spread so rapidly throughout the building victims were found on every floor. all died from severe smoke inhalation from cardiac and respiratory arrest. why we're using space heaters in the first place and the reality is these tenants were freezing in their apartments. the lack of heat and hot water, the inadequacy, causes t...

These victims and their families. >> you talk about the consequences of things that led to the fire and not being specifically just an accident. when we look at how this fire started it was the use of space heaters and the doors to the apartment that was originally set on fire because of a space heater. they did not shut automatically. that's what led all the smoke and flames to spread. talk about what needs to and can be changed? >> well, the two immediate causes of the fire were the malfunctioning space heater and the absence of self-closing doors. we need tone sure there are safety standard...

Local codes from the buildings department. some of the rules and regulations the landlords must follow. we pass legislation in the city council to regulate self-closing doors. we learned that this particular door in question did not work. we know that potentially if that door closed behind the ok pccups of the apartment, it could have contained fire and not escalated the way it did and spread to the top 19th floor and taken so many lives. again, we don't know the what ifs and what could have happened but a malfunctioning self-closing door is a problem. some of these space heaters are a problem...