A fire erupted on Wednesday, March 5, inside the top floor of a five-story townhouse at 142 Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, trapping an 81-year-old woman in the hallway. The blaze broke
out at 7:20 am and was extinguished by 8:00 am.
The woman was found dead when more than 60 firefighters and medics responded to the scene.
According to the FDNY, the cause of the fire appears to be electrical. Fire marshals suspect an accidental electrical fire was sparked by bad wiring in the fourth-floor apartment below where the victim lived, according to the Daily News.
