Officials revise down the death toll in Bronx fire to 17, including eight children, New York City Mayor Adams says. Follow live updates:
From CNN's Kristina Sgueglia
“We were told and instructed that there were self-closing doors, we just need to look at the door to that apartment to see if there was any form of malfunction,” Adams told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on"New Day." “We can’t make a determination until the fire marshals conduct a thorough investigation.” At a news conference Sunday, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the door to the apartment did not close when its residents left."The smoke spread throughout the building, thus, the tremendous loss of life and other people fighting for their lives right now in hospitals all over the Bronx," he said.
“Were going to look at that system and ensure that the alarms system didn’t repeatedly malfunction, and this is a wakeup call for all of our buildings. Do proper testing and ensure that complaints of repeated smoke alarms going off without any real smoke or fire? We need to make sure these systems operate because they save lives," the mayor said.
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