More questions than answers remained Tuesday in the case of a fire that zoomed up a Manhattan apartment building’s lone stairwell a day ago, killing three people and critically hurting others. Two of the victims killed in the fire at the six-story building on Dyckman Street were identified Tues day as 49-year-old Yolaine Diaz, and her 73-year-old mother, Ana Mirtha Lantigua. The third victim had not yet been identified. Other families, meanwhile, are still crowded at hospitals, sitting by the bedsides of badly burned loved ones. Five people — including two children — who survived the initial fire were said to be fighting for their lives, and family members say several needed intubation. There was no immediate update on Tuesday on the conditions of those most severely hurt. No other details on those individuals have been released. The one stairwell in the building was the only way out, and it was destroyed in the fire. People were seen trying to escape the burning building using fire escapes during the peak of the blaze. One woman jumped from a second story window to escape the blaze, and later told NBC New York it was “a moment of terror.” In addition to the lives lost and those badly hurt, a firefighter and five other civilians sustained minor injuries. More than 200 fire and EMS personnel ultimately responded. More than 100 people were forced from their homes, and will temporarily rely on the Red Cross for a place to sleep. Fire officials say open apartment doors allowed the fire to spread from the first floor to the top of the building. The officials added that apartments with closed doors in the building sustained little damage, echoing a public service announcement made little more than a week ago after another deadly fire, that time in the Bronx. New York City law requires all city apartments to be equipped with self-closing doors. The city is investigating to see whether the landlord had complied with the law. The cause of the Inwood fire is under investigation. Inspectors with the city’s Department of Buildings found extensive fire damage inside, including broken doors and an open roof. The DOB issued a full vacate order for the building, and immediately sealed the building as a safety measure. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less