Bronx fire: Mass funeral held for 15 victims of apartment building fire

A Bronx community gathered Sunday to pay its final respects to perished loved ones, a week after a fire-filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, suffocating smoke that killed 17 people, including eight children.

The mass funeral capped a week of prayers and mourning within a close-knit community hailing from West Africa, most with connections to the tiny country of Gambia.

Amid the mourning, there was also frustration and anger as family, friends, and neighbors of the dead tried to make sense of the tragedy.

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