{"id":226721,"date":"2026-05-11T01:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226721\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:01:15","slug":"news-12-bronx-third-victim-discovered-in-mott-haven-building-fire-during-demolition-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226721\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Third Victim Discovered In Mott Haven Building Fire During Demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A third person was found dead inside the mixed-use building in Mott Haven that caught fire, according to fire officials. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">FDNY fire marshals discovered the person at the scene of the fire during the controlled demolition of the building. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The two most recent people found dead in the debris of the fire have not been identified. <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/man-dead-after-building-fire-in-mott-haven\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News 12 previously reported <\/a>that fire officials said the first victim was an adult man. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Firefighters rushed to 2592 Third Ave. around 5 a.m. Wednesday, after flames broke out inside a deli on the first floor of the building. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say the fire quickly spread upstairs into apartments on the second floor, sending thick smoke pouring into the air as crews battled the flames from ladders.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Most residents were able to escape safely, but rescue crews said that a man was found dead inside the building after the fire was brought under control.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Families spent the morning gathered outside the damaged building, holding onto whatever belongings they could save while staring at the destruction left behind. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Red Cross assisted two families, including three children, in finding shelter for the night. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Fire marshals are still investigating what caused the blaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A third person was found dead inside the mixed-use building in Mott Haven that caught fire, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-226721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","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\/226721","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=226721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}