The dad in the Bronx apartment where Sunday’s deadly blaze began acknowledged to The Post on Monday that he apparently pushed the front door back so far trying to save his daughter that it got stuck.
Stricken Mamadou Wague, 47, said he didn’t even realize the door was left open until he was told about it by fire officials later.
Authorities said earlier Monday that the apartment door was supposed to be self-closing but may have “malfunctioned,’’ sending smoke soaring through the 19-story structure and killing at least 17 people.
“When you push the door all the way to the edge, it didn’t close by itself,” said
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