A three-year-old boy started a massive fire while playing with a stove when he was unattended by his mother, New York City's fire commissioner Daniel Nigro reports.
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In addition, the woman left the door open, letting the fire into the hallway, which "acted like a chimney and quickly spread a deadly fire," according to the fire commissioner.
24 December 2017, 06:26 GMT
"We were told the boy had a history of playing with the burners and turning them on, and before the mother knew it, this fire had gotten a good hold of the kitchen," Nigro said.
The fire erupted late on Thursday at a five-story building and claimed lives of twelve people among which girls ages 1, 2 and 7 and a boy whose age was not given.
