Some Bronx High-Rise Tenants Say Return After Fire Is Too Fast
The New York Times
Residents of the Bronx high-rise where 17 people died in a smoky blaze gathered to express frustration over their current circumstances.
Mabintou Tunkara was lugging grocery bags stuffed with clothes and other belongings when she walked out of the Twin Parks North West apartment building on Thursday.
It was four days after a smoky fire at the 19-story tower killed 17 people, including eight children. Ms. Tunkara, two of whose family members died in the blaze, had been staying at a hotel since evacuating on Sunday. Now she was back to retrieve a few things.
Like other tenants, Ms. Tunkara, whose apartment is on the Bronx building’s top floor, had been told that because the unit had not been deemed uninhabitable, she could move back in as soon as she liked. Asked whether she planned to, she did not hesitate in her answer.
