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However, the functionality of the building’s fire alarms remains part of the investigation, theGrio reported. The space heater was reportedly used to supplement the warmth provided in the Bronx building - heat that was functioning at the time. “The marshals have determined through physical evidence, through firsthand accounts from the residents, that this fire started in a bedroom in a portable electric heater,” said New York City Fire Department Commissioner Dan Nigro at a Sunday evening news conference attended by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Senator Chuck Schumer, according to NBC News.

The fire left 63 people injured and 32 hospitalized. They were identified as Haouwa Mahamadou, 5 Fatoumata Dukureh, 5 Mariam Dukureh, 11 Mustapha Dukureh, 12 Haja Dukureh, 37 Omar Jambang, 6 Seydou Toure, 12 Muhammed Drammeh, 12 Nyumaaisha Drammeh, 19 Foutmala Drammeh, 21 Fatoumata Drammeh, 50 Sera Janneh, 27 Isatou Jabbie, 31 Fatoumata Tunkara, 43 Hagi Jawara, 47 and Haji Dukary, 49. Per the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office, the 17 victims died of smoke inhalation. The youngest victim of the city’s deadliest blaze in three decades was 2 years old, according to NBC News. “Not until I actually saw the smoke coming in the door did I realize it was a real fire and I began to hear people yelling ‘Help. “So many of us were used to hearing that fire alarm go off, it was like second nature to us,” said resident Karen Dejesus, 56, who was in the apartment with her son and 3-year-old granddaughter.