2 toddlers die after steam burns possibly caused by radiator
NEW YORK — Two sibling toddlers died Wednesday after suffering steam burns in a New York City apartment, and investigators are looking into whether a radiator malfunctioned, authorities said.
“Our city is mourning the loss of two young children in a tragedy earlier today that appears to be connected to a steam radiator in their family’s Bronx apartment,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement.
Firefighters who rushed to the building, which housed several homeless families, were met in the lobby by the victim’s father with the unconscious girls, New York Fire Department spokesman Jim Long said.
The firefighters immediately performed CPR on the toddlers, Long said.