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>\nThe 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<\/p>\n
Information from this article was provided by the FDNY and reporting by FOX 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief An apartment fire in the Bronx claimed the life of 1-year-old Liam Parks and left 6-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[9377,128,951,194,9,24,63,129,131,130,61906],"class_list":["post-228839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-apartment-fire","tag-bronx","tag-critical-condition","tag-fdny","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-twins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228839","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=228839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}