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NYC High-Rise Fire That Hurt 23 Sparked by Candle Flame That Caught Woman's Robe as She Wrapped Christmas Presents: Fire Officials
A woman’s “careless use” of a candle sparked Thursday night’s fire inside a Manhattan high-rise building that hurt 23 people, including 17 civilians and four firefighters, one of whom suffered serious burns, the FDNY says. The woman was wrapping Christmas presents in her third-floor apartment at 515 West 59th St. when her bathrobe caught fire from candles she had lit,…
