NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A woman died while climbing the stairs to her 19th-story apartment during a power outage in the Bronx . The woman's building has been without power since Friday morning after a fire erupted in the basement. READ MORE: Exclusive: Orange County COVID Vaccine Site Ready To Go, But Organizers Say State Won’t Send Them Any Doses Smoke billowed from the Co-Op City apartment building, rising from the basement where firefighters say a transformer caught fire. While there were no injuries during the fight to put out the flames around 8 a.m., police say a 73-year-old woman is dead after she collapsed and ran out of oxygen seven hours later while taking the stairs to her 19th-floor apartment on De Kruif Place. Michael Liles learned about what happened to his neighbor on his walk home from work. "That's horrible. It shouldn't happen," he told CBS2's Cory James. He's now going home to a pitch-black apartment and no electricity. READ MORE: New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza Stepping Down "You would think the power would be back on by now, but things happen," he said. Officials say buildings one through eight were without power, along with Dreiser… Read full this story
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