A 3-year-old playing with a stove accidentally started the deadliest fire in New York City in more than 25 years, officials said Friday. Fire!’”The fire was the city’s worst since a blaze at a Bronx club killed 87 people in 1990. On Friday, Nigro said that the open door in the apartment where the blaze started contributed to the fire’s rapid spread. Officials said they were told that the boy had a history of playing with stove burners. Nigro said that officials were still working to determine whether all the smoke detectors in the building were working.

Source: Washington Post December 29, 2017 01:21 UTC