{"id":166706,"date":"2026-03-17T22:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/166706\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:20:34","slug":"9-children-4-adults-hurt-in-bronx-building-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/166706\/","title":{"rendered":"9 children, 4 adults hurt in Bronx building fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children and adults were hurt Tuesday when a fire broke out at a Bronx building, where parents said a day care is located.<\/p>\n<p>It happened just before 3 p.m. on Kingsbridge Avenue between West 234th and 236th streets.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FDNY, the fire started on the third floor of the building, then quickly spread to the fourth and the fifth floors. Parents told CBS News New York a day care is located on the upper floors of the building.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/devlin-5p-vo-kingsbridg-wcbsh6lm-hi-res-still-00-00-1824.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Flames shoot out the windows of a Bronx building \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Children and adults were hurt on March 17, 2026, when a fire broke out at a Bronx building, where parents said a day care is located.<\/p>\n<p>                Citizen<\/p>\n<p>A total of nine children and four adults suffered minor injuries, officials said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said some people were trapped in their units, banging on windows and doors. The FDNY had to make several rescues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so sad. I started tearing [up] a little bit, you know? It&#8217;s sad to see the kids and they can&#8217;t breathe,&#8221; witness Sara Lopez said, &#8220;and then I see people in the window going like this, banging, and I&#8217;m pointing to the firemen, and they&#8217;re always in there anyway, you know, but thank God everything is OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/devlin-5p-vo-kingsbridg-wcbsh6lm-hi-res-still.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Flames shoot out the windows of a Bronx building \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Video shows flames shooting out of the window of the building while, a few windows down, someone waves a sheet in an apparent cry for help.<\/p>\n<p>                Citizen<\/p>\n<p>Video shows flames shooting out of the building as smoke filled the sky, along with a person who appeared to be trapped inside the building leaning out a window, waving a sheet for help.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Kingsbridge Avenue and 234th Street remain shut down as crews continue to battle the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Stay with CBS News New York for the latest on this developing story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Children and adults were hurt Tuesday when a fire broke out at a Bronx building, where parents said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,543,194,12119,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-166706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-building-fire","tag-fdny","tag-kingsbridge","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","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\/166706","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=166706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}