{"id":205555,"date":"2026-04-22T01:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205555\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:22:08","slug":"2-killed-11-injured-in-bronx-apartment-fire-partial-roof-collapse-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205555\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Killed, 11 Injured in Bronx Apartment Fire; Partial Roof Collapse Reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HGdHlvdXkAAEG04.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HGdHlvdXkAAEG04.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"HGdHlvdXkAAEG04\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (VINnews) \u2014 A fast-moving fire in a Bronx apartment building left at least two people dead and more than a dozen injured Tuesday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/2020\/01\/07\/vin-whatsapp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tJoin our WhatsApp group<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vinnews.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSubscribe to our Daily Roundup Email<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>The fire began early in the afternoon in a five-story residential building in the Belmont neighborhood and spread beyond the initial apartment to other parts of the structure. The cause has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HAPPENING NOW: FDNY units are operating at a 4-alarm fire on East 187th Street in the Bronx. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJdQ2lUUmN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BJdQ2lUUmN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FDNY (@FDNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDNY\/status\/2046663128365056276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews responded in large numbers, with hundreds of fire and EMS personnel working to contain the blaze and assist residents. Authorities said the two fatalities occurred in the unit where the fire is believed to have originated.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the deaths, 11 people were hurt, including two in serious condition. Several firefighters and residents sustained less severe injuries.<br \/>A section of the roof later gave way, sending debris onto the sidewalk below. The building was evacuated as a precaution, and officials are continuing to evaluate its structural safety.<\/p>\n<p>Fire investigators are working to determine what sparked the blaze.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore provides update on 5-alarm fire in the Bronx <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/txeTCpcDpT\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/txeTCpcDpT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FDNY (@FDNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDNY\/status\/2046704117649666448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (VINnews) \u2014 A fast-moving fire in a Bronx apartment building left at least two people dead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205556,"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-205555","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\/205555","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=205555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}