{"id":326509,"date":"2026-08-21T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326509\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:04:09","slug":"fdny-runs-into-complications-fighting-bronx-apartment-fire-that-injured-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326509\/","title":{"rendered":"FDNY runs into complications fighting Bronx apartment fire that injured 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-20-18.03.48-e1787245478715-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1306484\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIDEO: Four people, including two firefighters, were injured in a four-alarm fire at an apartment building in the Norwood section of the Bronx Thursday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire broke out at 3435 Dekalb Ave., between Kossuth Avenue and East 208th Street, just before 6 a.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fire officials say they believe the fire had been burning for quite some time before residents noticed it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire broke out on the top floor of the building and spread to the cockloft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firefighters encountered several complications while battling the blaze. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials say blown-in insulation in the building held in heat and smoke, while two cars blocking a fire hydrant made it difficult for firefighters to get water into the building faster. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 75 Fire and EMS units responded to the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two residents and two firefighters suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One resident told Eyewitness News he lost everything in the fire.<\/p>\n<p>WABC-TV ABC 7 New York City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Four people, including two firefighters, were injured in a four-alarm fire at an apartment building in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,5855,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-326509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-mid-atlantic-region","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\/326509","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=326509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}