A devastating fire shook a Manhattan community after three people died and several others were injured on Monday when flames quickly spread through the only stairwell of an apartment building in Inwood.
On Tuesday, family members confirmed that two of the victims trapped in the blaze were a mother and daughter, identified as 49-year-old fashion journalist Yolaine Díaz, and her 73-year-old mother, Ana Mirtha Lantigua.
The fire broke out shortly after midnight Monday in a building on Dyckman Street, between Vermilyea Avenue and Broadway, in the Inwood neighborhood.
Who were the victims? Who was Yolaine Díaz?
Díaz was known for having been the fashion and beauty editor for People en Español. The Spanish-language magazine noted she was born in Bonao, Dominican Republic, and moved to New York City as a teenager…