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Funds Pour in for Bronx Girls Fatally Burned by Faulty Radiator

 A GoFundMe page has been set up for the parents of 1-year-old Scylee Vayoh Ambrose and 2-year-old Ibanez Ambrose, who both died on Wednesday after a broken radiator filled their apartment with steam, officials said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the parents of 1-year-old Scylee Vayoh Ambrose and 2-year-old Ibanez Ambrose, who both died on Wednesday after a broken radiator filled their apartment with steam, officials said.
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HUNTS POINT — A GoFundMe page for the family of the two young girls who died on Wednesday after the radiator in their city-funded apartment filled their room with steam while they were napping has surpassed its fundraising goal in just one day.

The victims — 1-year-old Scylee Vayoh Ambrose and 2-year-old Ibanez Ambrose — were horribly burned after the valve on a radiator in the room where they were sleeping came off, spreading steam throughout the room, according to the NYPD.

Both children were rushed to Lincoln Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

On Thursday, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on the children and determined that the girls died of extreme overheating and thermal injuries due to exposure to hot steam.

Elizabeth Irish, who identified herself online as the sister of the girls' father Pete Ambrose, started a GoFundMe campaign shortly after their deaths with the goal of raising $2,000 for him and his wife Danielle Ambrose.

However, the fundraiser had already reached $4,085 just after 10 a.m. on Thursday, quickly surpassing its original target.

"Pete and Danielle have had their share of difficulties, but have always done everything they could to provide for their girls," the GoFundMe page reads. "Ibanez and Scylee were overwhelmingly loved for the entirely of their short lives."

The broken radiator was in the family's home at 720 Hunts Point Ave., a city-funded shelter apartment that is owned by a notorious slumlord, officials said.

Suzette Lord posted on her Facebook page that she remembered Ibanez as having a "great big smile and contagious giggle" and that she was the "happiest little girl" she had ever known. 

"The world has suffered such a tremendous loss today, with losing you and your beautiful sister Scylee," Lord wrote. 

"Please everyone lets get this out there for all to see, the last thing Danielle and Pete should have to worry about right now, is any expenses, and keep the prayers coming, all the support in the world would be great right now," she added in another post.