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2-year-old killed in Bronx fire

By Elizabeth Solomont
The New York Sun
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A Bronx fire that left a toddler dead yesterday may have been deliberately set, officials said.

The two-alarm blaze broke out just after 7 a.m. inside a six-story apartment building on Jesup Place in Morris Heights. A toddler who lived on the fifth floor, identified as 2-year-old Amanda Adjivon, was pronounced dead at Bronx Lebanon Hospital.

Last night, police said a woman was being questioned about the fire, which may have been set during a dispute with her boyfriend.

Ms. Adjivon’s father, who was injured in the fire, was listed in serious condition yesterday.