Investigators Say Child Playing With Matches Started Manhattan Apartment Fire
June 21, 2004
150 firefighters battled the fire on Sunday afternoon and nearly two dozen firefighters and civilians suffered minor injuries in the fire
Eight families in Manhattan are still unable to return to their homes Monday following a weekend fire investigators believe was started by a child playing with matches.
The blaze swept through an Upper Manhattan apartment building Sunday afternoon. More than 150 firefighters battled the fire.
Much of the building was gutted, but residents say they're just happy everyone made it out alive.
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