{"id":132128,"date":"2026-02-13T04:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132128\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:06:25","slug":"fatal-fire-in-queens-sparks-renewed-focus-on-basement-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132128\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal fire in Queens sparks renewed focus on basement apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ELMHURST, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 Dozens of families are struggling to get back on their feet following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/17-day-old-baby-found-202653426.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:double fatal fire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">double fatal fire<\/a> in Queens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire also renewed a focus on the use of basement apartments in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch the video player for the full interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ELMHURST, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 Dozens of families are struggling to get back on their feet following a double&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[22987,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-132128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-elmhurst","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-queens","13":"tag-queens-headlines","14":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132128","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=132128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}