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BRONX, NY – A devastating apartment fire<\/a> in the Bronx on Monday claimed the life of a 1-year-old boy and left 6-year-old twins fighting for their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n The FDNY reports that an open door allowed the flames to spread rapidly, trapping residents inside the six-story building.<\/p>\n Latest Information:<\/p>\n Police have identified the deceased 1-year-old as one-year-old Liam Parks. Two other children who lived in the apartment, a boy and girl who are 6-year-old twins, were also rescued from the blaze. They are currently hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n Two adults and three firefighters were also injured in the blaze. At least 10 residents have been displaced due to the extensive damage.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The fire broke out just after 3:30 p.m. Monday in a second-floor apartment on Bainbridge Avenue near 194th Street. When firefighters arrived, they found flames roaring in the hallway.\u00a0<\/p>\n The door to the apartment where the fire originated was left open, according to the FDNY, which created a draft that allowed the fire to rapidly extend up the stairwell and through the bulkhead at the top of the building.\u00a0<\/p>\n The fast-moving smoke and flames trapped multiple people, forcing residents to the windows to look for ways out.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Bystanders watched in horror as first responders rushed to save the children. One local woman witnessed the moment the 1-year-old victim was pulled from the burning building:<\/p>\n “I seen them brought a little small baby out,” she said. “He was so dark with soot all over him I couldn’t even see, you know, his face or nothing. And they put him on the ground and start pumping him back to life… Heartbreaking. And I started crying and screaming.”<\/p>\n The Source: Information from this article was provided by the FDNY and reporting by FOX 5.<\/p>\n Bronx<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a>New York City<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRONX, NY – A devastating apartment fire in the Bronx on Monday claimed the life of a 1-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,850,9,24,12,56,63,129,131,130,618],"class_list":["post-228529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228529","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=228529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"1-year-old](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dfffafg44jsge5d9.jpg\")
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