A 15-month-old girl was intubated after suffering smoke inhalation and burns to her face and neck in a Bronx apartment fire on Wednesday, cops said.
The fire ignited inside a ground-floor apartment at the Anderson Ave. apartment building near W. 165th St. in Highbridge around 9:50 p.m., firefighters said.
The fire quickly spread to a neighboring ground-floor apartment before rising to ignite two second-floor units.
15-month-old girl was rushed to Harlem Hospital with burns to her neck and face and also suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside a ground floor apartment at 1040 Anderson Avenue in the Bronx on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
The toddler was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where she is listed in stable condition, cops said.
One other patient was transported to a local hospital, but an FDNY spokesperson could not provide their condition.
A 15-month-old girl was rushed to Harlem Hospital with burns to her neck and face and also suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside a ground floor apartment at 1040 Anderson Avenue in the Bronx on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Three families, including five adults and one child, registered for emergency assistance with the Red Cross following the blaze, a Red Cross spokesman said.
The city’s fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.