{"id":319339,"date":"2026-08-12T08:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319339\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:41:03","slug":"store-worker-badly-burned-in-fordham-fire-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319339\/","title":{"rendered":"Store worker badly burned in Fordham fire under investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jaysha<\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 8:19AM<\/p>\n

Stream New York’s #1 news – AccuWeather – original content 24\/7<\/p>\n

FORDHAM, Bronx (WABC) — A row of stores went up in flames Tuesday night in the Fordham section of the Bronx, leaving one man severely burned.<\/p>\n

Authorities say it happened just after 10:10 p.m. at 4 West 183rd Street. It was brought under control just over an hour later.<\/p>\n

A 33-year-old man sustained severe burns to his face and body and was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals\/Jacobi in stable condition.<\/p>\n

The victim is a store worker who was pulled out of a burning business by a friend, who was not injured.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear what sparked the flames.<\/p>\n

———-<\/p>\n

* More Bronx news<\/a><\/p>\n

* Send us a news tip<\/a><\/p>\n

* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts<\/a> <\/p>\n

* Download our connected TV app<\/a> <\/p>\n


Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n

Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply.<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 12, 2026 8:19AM Stream New York’s #1 news – AccuWeather – original content 24\/7 FORDHAM, Bronx…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[120410,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-319339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-120410","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319339","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=319339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}