Funeral for 3 family members killed in historic Bronx fire

Saturday, February 10, 2018
BELMONT, Bronx (WABC) -- A funeral will be held Saturday for three members of the same family killed in the devastating fire in the Bronx in December.

Family, friends and supporters gathered for a viewing Friday night for 49-year-old Solomon Donkor and his children, 17-year-old Hannah and 13-year-old William.
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They were three of the 13 people who died in the fire that tore through their apartment building in the Belmont section.

They will be buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Photos: Scene of deadly apartment fire in Belmont, Bronx

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FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the fire started in the kitchen of a first-floor apartment, as a 3-year-old boy was playing with the burners.

Photos: Victims of the deadly Bronx fire

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