Police have defended their response, beginning when officers patrolling the station smelled and saw smoke coming from the F train.

A vigil was held Thursday in Brooklyn for the woman who was lit on fire and killed on the F train last weekend.

The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first appearance in court this week, while authorities were yet to publicly identify the victim.

A vigil is planned Thursday for the woman set on fire on a Brooklyn subway last weekend, a public memorial for the still nameless victim in a case that rocked the nation for its cruelty. Community leaders planned to hold a late-afternoon prayer vigil at the Stillwell Avenue station in Coney Island,