{"id":111019,"date":"2026-01-24T13:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111019\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:56:29","slug":"fire-engulfs-top-of-17-story-new-york-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111019\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire engulfs top of 17-story New York building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/nation-world\/\" title=\"Navigate to Nation &amp; World News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nation &amp; World News<\/a>Published: Jan. 24, 2026, 8:18 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"New York High Rise Fire\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GDCGFX7GLVH63A2MJBA3X6INBU.jpg\"  \/>This image provided by FDNY shows FDNY members operating at a fire on the top two floors of a high-rise apartment in the Bronx, New York City, early Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (FDNY via AP)AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K4NA2NJBTBB4XEZY37PZBK6THU\">NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Firefighters battled a blaze early Saturday on the top two floors of a high-rise apartment in New York City, according to fire officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"C4CTQLEO5VHVZJRBB647V2ZV54\">The 4-alarm fire in the Bronx started shortly after midnight and spread to multiple apartments in the 17-story building, according to a statement from the New York City Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GS5HL2DGDRCKPPYOMKSJIUX6GM\">There was no immediate word on what caused the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5FOSWZ5KUJG4RNWIPKHZD56J6U\">More than 200 fire and emergency crew were working at the scene, according to the fire department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QHGGP2GQQVCZZNVVC6PDJ3SMPM\">It was not immediately clear if anyone had been injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7T3RGNHH7BDGTKO4IOZHJCB3HI\">In video posted online, flames could be seen engulfing part of the top floors of the building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nation &amp; World NewsPublished: Jan. 24, 2026, 8:18 a.m.This image provided by FDNY shows FDNY members operating at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,37283,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-111019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-fire-department","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}