Loved ones, elected officials and community leaders gathered in the Bronx on Tuesday to honor the lives of 17 victims who died in the Twin Parks North West apartment building fire two years ago.

All 17 victims, including eight children, were members of the Masjid Ar Rahmah, just blocks away from the building in Fordham Heights, which Haji Bukuray attends.

“What we went through as a family, I do not pray for any family to go through that,” Bukuray said.

Fifteen of the fire victims were from Gambia, and two of them were from Mali.

“Having so many members from one Masjid or even house of worship who lost their life in one single act,” said Pastor Gil Monrose, a faith advisor. “So it’s always dear to us. We feel the pain.”

Bukuray said five of those killed were his family members.

“I actually lost my niece, Haji Dukureh, her husband, Haja Dukureh, three of their children: Mariam, Fatoumata and Mustapha Dukureh,” he said.

Bukuray joined other loved ones, elected officials and community members at the Masjid Tuesday for a prayer vigil.

“It’s not a sad day like the first day,” said Imam Musa Kabba of the Masjid Ar Rahmah. “Today is only a prayer day. We just come to pray for the two years, passed, since we [lost] our loved one.”

Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders offered blessings for the fire victims and prayers for their surviving family members to have peace.

Investigators said the cause of the fire was a malfunctioning electric space heater, as well failed fire safety doors that did not automatically close as they were supposed to. As a result, the smoke spread rapidly throughout the building.

“Multiple people complained about the lack of heat so we’ve made suggestions for how the city can better target enforcement to make sure that landlords who aren’t providing heat see real consequences for it,” City Comptroller Brad Lander said.

Regarding self-closing doors, the City Council in 2022 required the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the FDNY to share data regarding fire safety violations, and required the city to select 300 high-risk buildings a year to inspect.

Dozens of lawsuits from victims’ families against the building’s owner, the maker of the space heater and others are working their way through the courts.

The outcomes, Haji hopes, will help prevent the future loss of life.

“As a community, our goal is how to we learn, how do we move forward, what can we do in their legacy,” he said.