A young boy died and four of his family members were critically hurt after a lithium-ion battery fire broke out in their Bronx apartment early Wednesday, the FDNY and neighbors said.<\/p>\n
Firefighters responded to a blaze on the 11th floor of a building at NYCHA’s\u00a0Patterson Houses, on Morris Avenue in Mott Haven, just before 1 a.m., authorities said.<\/p>\n
Five people, including three children and two adults, were rescued from the apartment. A boy \u2014 who neighbors said was as young as 9 years old \u2014 was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals\/Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
Neighbors said his brother was also taken there in critical condition.<\/p>\n
The third sibling, a 15-year-old boy, was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals\/Lincoln, while two adults \u2014 a 37-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman \u2014 were taken to NYC Health + Hospitals\/Harlem. All are considered to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n
Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in less than an hour. FDNY officials determined a lithium-ion battery from an e-bike caused the deadly blaze.<\/p>\n
Neighbors said the e-bike was stored near the stove in the apartment, which is right near the front door, trapping the family inside behind the flames.<\/p>\n
In a statement, state Assembly Member Amanda Septimo said: “My heart goes out to this family as they face an unimaginable loss. No family should have to endure such a tragedy, and I am hoping for the full recovery of those injured.”<\/p>\n
“I ask that you join me in keeping this family and our entire Patterson Houses community in your hearts during this incredibly difficult time,” Septimo added.<\/p>\n
The FDNY commissioner and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are expected to hold a press conference about the fire around 11 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young boy died and four of his family members were critically hurt after a lithium-ion battery fire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[14333,387,25,128,9,24,12,63,308,129,131,130,27,200],"class_list":["post-385521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-alyssa-paolicelli","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-public-safety","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385521","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=385521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}