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Mosque hosts mass funeral for Bronx fire victims

Many of the residents of the 19-floor Twin Parks North West building that caught fire were immigrants from Gambia.

One resident who lost his niece, her husband and the couple's three children in the fire said the Twin Parks North West building has been a center for West Africans.

He described a community of cab drivers, tradespeople and businesspeople who have gone from having no mosques to having 11 in the area.