{"id":32725,"date":"2025-11-08T02:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/32725\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T02:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:06:07","slug":"cigarette-flick-that-sparked-massive-bronx-car-explosion-caught-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/32725\/","title":{"rendered":"Cigarette flick that sparked massive Bronx car explosion caught on video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cigarette flick that sparked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/11\/05\/firefighters-injured-in-blazing-car-explosion-in-the-bronx-it-was-a-fireball-witness-recounts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blockbuster car explosion<\/a> in the Bronx, seriously hurting seven firefighters and destroying several vehicles, was captured on stunning surveillance video that the FDNY released Friday night as a warning about the disposal of cigarette butts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CARELESS disposal of this cigarette caused a major explosion, injuring seven firefighters. Five of them were treated for serious burns to their arms and face,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDNY\/status\/1986855483953578465\" rel=\"nofollow\">FDNY posted on X<\/a>. \u201cNEVER flick your cigarette butts! Properly extinguish cigarettes BEFORE throwing them away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Screengrab from a PSA video regarding the explosion caused by a flicked cigarette butt at Westchester Ave. and Fox St. in Longwood. (FDNY) \" width=\"3820\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fire2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8589210\" \/>Screengrab from a PSA video regarding the explosion caused by a flicked cigarette butt at Westchester Ave. and Fox St. in Longwood. (FDNY)<\/p>\n<p>The explosion took place shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday at Westchester Ave. and Fox St. in Longwood. Three vehicles, including a firetruck, were also damaged in the blast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my work van right there. It blew up like something from a mafia movie,\u201d said a man who works as a roofer, and whose white Ford van was destroyed in the eruption. \u201cThe fire spread like gasoline had been poured all over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A blue Toyota Camry was also destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got a call that my car was on fire,\u201d said the vehicle\u2019s owner, who did not want to be identified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt started in the trash and spread. I heard some firefighters were injured\u201d she said. \u201dI\u2019m distraught.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inferno was under control around 8:19 p.m., officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The injured firefighters were rushed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/jacobi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacobi Hospital<\/a> by EMS, the FDNY said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe burns are considered serious, but not life threatening,\u201d FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said at a Thursday night press conference. \u201cThe members, our firefighters, are awake, alert and speaking, but they they have some serious burns. We\u2019ll be obviously praying for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cigarette flick that sparked a blockbuster car explosion in the Bronx, seriously hurting seven firefighters and destroying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,266,9,24,12,63,261,129,131,130,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-32725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-crime","15":"tag-the-bronx","16":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","17":"tag-the-bronx-news","18":"tag-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32725","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=32725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}