Fire marshal’s report: West 231st Street blaze due to electrical issue

Fire started in kitchen, 8 feet above deli’s floor level

By ERIC HARVEY

Posted 2/1/24

Merchants of the five West 231st Street businesses destroyed in a fire last December are left devastated as demolition has further erased what once stood.

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Fire marshal’s report: West 231st Street blaze due to electrical issue

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