Bronx apartment building fire: Prayer vigil honors 17 victims of deadly high-rise blaze [Video]

FORDHAM HEIGHTS, The Bronx (WABC) — A vigil was held Thursday night to remember the 17 victims killed by a ferocious fire in an apartment building in the Bronx, three years ago.

Prayers honoring the 17 victims of the Twin Parks fire echoed through the Masjid, where many of those victims, who were all Muslim members of the Bronx’s Gambian community, once gathered with their families.

“We lost members of our family, but we gained millions more,” said Haji Dukuray, who lost five family members in the fire, including three children.

The five-alarm fire started by space heaters, spreading when stairwell doors didn’t close properly on that frigid day three years ago.

The outpouring of support, and Dukuray’s faith have been his sources of strength.

On Thursday night, he called together faith leaders who came through then and became a part of that new family.

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