{"id":385481,"date":"2026-10-28T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/385481\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:36:09","slug":"boy-killed-4-family-members-critically-injured-in-bronx-apartment-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/385481\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy killed, 4 family members critically injured in Bronx apartment fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A boy was killed and four of his family members were critically injured after they were trapped in an 11th-floor apartment fire in the Bronx on Wednesday morning, officials said as they investigated whether a lithium-ion battery played a role. <\/p>\n

The fire broke out just before 1 a.m. in the kitchen area of the apartment in a 13-story building at the NYCHA Patterson Houses on Morris Avenue in Mott Haven.<\/p>\n

When the FDNY arrived, they found five family members who were trapped in the apartment, all terribly injured. They included a man and a woman, and three boys, ranging in age from 12 to 16.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/ A memorial at the apartment building on Wednesday morning. Glenn Schuck<\/p>\n

Two of the boys were taken to Jacobi Hospital, where one was pronounced dead on arrival. The second boy was said to be in grave condition.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old woman and 37-year-old man were in critical condition at Lincoln Hospital, while the third boy was critical at Harlem Hospital.<\/p>\n

The FDNY fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire, which was contained to the one apartment.<\/p>\n

A lithium-ion battery for an e-bike was apparently found by the kitchen, near the front door. Residents said they believe a battery fire may have blocked the family’s escape, though the FDNY hasn’t yet confirmed that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A boy was killed and four of his family members were critically injured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,194,545,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-385481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-fdny","tag-fire","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\/385481","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=385481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}