{"id":111164,"date":"2026-01-24T16:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111164\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:38:07","slug":"one-dead-others-hurt-in-bronx-high-rise-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111164\/","title":{"rendered":"One Dead, Others Hurt in Bronx High-rise Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One tenant died on the scene as firefighters doused the flames. A second tenant was rushed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/jacobi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jacobi Medical Center<\/a>\u00a0with critical injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">The name of the person who died was not released as investigators track down their family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">Eleven other tenants and a firefighter were also taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, the\u00a0FDNY\u00a0said. Another injured tenant refused medical attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">Early radio reports stated the top of the building had been \u201cblown off\u201d and that people were trapped in their burning apartments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">More than 230 firefighters and EMS personnel raced to the scene to put out the massive blaze and care for the injured. The fire was brought under control just before\u00a05 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">Multiple city agencies and the\u00a0Red Cross\u00a0were on the scene to care for civilians\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2015045216688804335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">left outside in the frigid 10-degree weather<\/a>, Mayor Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">\u201cI am with families at a nearby reception center, and we are working with the\u00a0Red Cross\u00a0to support displaced residents,\u201d Mamdani wrote on X. \u201cThe fire is under control, but searches, inspections and utility restoration are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">\u201cMy heart is with everyone affected, and I\u2019m deeply grateful to our first responders,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">By\u00a06:30 a.m., the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/local\/new-york\/greater-new-york.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqyHJjD3q4wmauXb99NOlWX-ItW6DN7VH-rZ1VroLqxuVuQ7vH9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Red Cross<\/a>\u00a0had cared for 56 households displaced from the fire. A total of 175 people, including 57 children, were asking for emergency assistance at a reception area on\u00a0Reeds Mill Lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinfdny.com\/careers\/fire-marshal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FDNY Fire Marshals<\/a>\u00a0are trying to determine what sparked the explosion and fire, Esposito said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"krtText\">\u00a92026 New York Daily News. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nydailynews.com<\/a>. Distributed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribunecontentagency.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"krtShirttail\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One tenant died on the scene as firefighters doused the flames. A second tenant was rushed to\u00a0Jacobi Medical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-111164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111164","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=111164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}