{"id":226049,"date":"2026-05-10T01:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:16:10","slug":"third-victim-pulled-from-ashes-of-bronx-fire-as-da-eyes-homicide-charges-sources-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226049\/","title":{"rendered":"Third victim pulled from ashes of Bronx fire as DA eyes homicide charges: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NY<\/a>Sat, May 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM UTC\"aly\"<\/p>\n

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The remains of a third victim have been retrieved from the wreckage of a Bronx fire, as the District Attorney\u2019s Office moves to rule the blaze a homicide with a person of interest being sought, according to sources and reports.<\/p>\n

FDNY fire marshals pulled the body from the mixed-use building Saturday, according to News 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The charred out husk of the Third Avenue Mott Haven building where a fire in a deli resulted in the deaths of three people. Tomas E Gaston for NY Post<\/p>\n

The mixed-use building went up in flames at 5 a.m. on Wednesday. The cause of the blaze has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

The Bronx District Attorney\u2019s Office is considering classifying the fire a homicide, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n

A person of interest is currently being sought but has not been identified by authorities, sources said.<\/p>\n

A second victim was found on Thursday and the first victim, identified only as a male, was pulled from the ashes shortly after the fire was brought under control by the FDNY, according to News 12.<\/p>\n

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Officials are considering classifying the fire a homicide and are seeking an unidentified person of interest, according to sources. Tomas E Gaston for NY Post<\/p>\n

None of the victims have been identified so far, because their remains were too badly charred, the sources added.<\/p>\n

Most of the residents of the Third Avenue building were able to get out safely and two families were assisted by the Red Cross, News 12 reported.<\/p>\n

The conflagration started in a deli on the first floor and quickly spread to apartments above.<\/p>\n

The massive blaze brought more than 140 first responders to the scene.<\/p>\n

Three firefighters suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, May 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM UTC aly The remains of a third victim have been retrieved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,23439,88852,25923,9,24,63,7343,3961,129,131,130,88851],"class_list":["post-226049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-district-attorney","tag-district-attorneys-office","tag-fire-marshals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-person-of-interest","tag-sources","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-tomas-e-gaston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226049","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=226049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}