{"id":205410,"date":"2026-04-21T23:27:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205410\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:27:44","slug":"2-people-killed-in-bronx-building-fire-11-others-injured-including-5-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205410\/","title":{"rendered":"2 people killed in Bronx building fire; 11 others injured, including 5 firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two people were killed and nearly a dozen others were injured during a fire in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

It happened on East 187th Street between Belmont and Cambreleng avenues.<\/p>\n

First responders were met with heavy fire on the first floor, which rapidly raced up the stairs, spreading to all floors of the five-story building.<\/p>\n

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The building is home to a barbershop and deli on the ground floor as well as six apartment units on floors two through five.<\/p>\n

FDNY officials say firefighters extinguished fire on the first floor fours, but when they hit the top floor, the roof collapsed throughout a large portion of the building, as did part of the stairwell.<\/p>\n

Officials say two people were killed and 11 others were injured, including five firefighters, in the Belmont apartment building fire.<\/p>\n

Firefighters then moved to exterior operations, and rescued several people in the back and front of the building, including a civilian who had to be rescued by firefighters from a window via a ladder. Several others were rescued from a fire escape.<\/p>\n

Officials say two people were killed, two suffered serious injuries, four civilians suffered minor injuries and five firefighters also suffered minor injuries. They were taken to local hospitals.<\/p>\n

Upwards of 250 firefighters and EMS personnel worked to bring the five-alarm fire under control.<\/p>\n

There’s no word yet on what caused the fire.<\/p>\n

An investigation is underway.<\/p>\n

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