{"id":320297,"date":"2026-08-13T12:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320297\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:24:27","slug":"arson-suspected-in-bronx-deli-fire-that-left-man-severely-burned-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320297\/","title":{"rendered":"Arson suspected in Bronx deli fire that left man severely burned: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8jxb68a18adovkz5.jpg\" alt=\"Potential arson investigation underway in the Bronx, sources say\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8jxb68a18adovkz5.jpg\" alt=\"Potential arson investigation underway in the Bronx, sources say\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-5a75adc3=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; Police and fire investigators are trying to determine whether a deli in the Bronx was torched on purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Flames spread quickly <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The FDNY said it responded to a fire just after 10 p.m. Tuesday on West 183 St., between Jerome Ave. and Davidson Ave., in the University Heights section.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bronx-deli-fire-3.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Surveillance video shows the flames spreading quickly, leaving multiple businesses damaged along West 183 St.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A 33-year-old man suffered burns to his face and body. He was in serious but stable condition, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Cause under investigation\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to FOX 5 NY sources, the fire started when someone lit a device and threw it into the establishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">However, the cause of the fire and a possible motive for targeting the deli remained under investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">No arrests have been made at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story includes information from the FDNY and FOX 5 NY sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\/bronx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bronx<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8211; Police and fire investigators are trying to determine whether a deli in the Bronx was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,12,56,63,129,131,130,618],"class_list":["post-320297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","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\/320297","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=320297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}