{"id":388630,"date":"2026-10-31T03:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/388630\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T03:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:52:18","slug":"death-toll-in-bronx-apartment-fire-rises-to-4-after-2-teens-woman-die-at-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/388630\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll in Bronx apartment fire rises to 4 after 2 teens, woman die at hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

The death toll in Wednesday’s\u00a0Bronx apartment fire<\/a>\u00a0has risen to four.<\/p>\n

Two teenagers and a woman died at the hospital Friday, two days after an 11-year-old boy was killed.<\/p>\n

The fire broke out inside an 11th-floor apartment at NYCHA’s Patterson Houses on Morris Avenue just before 1 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Zion Maine, 11, was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.\u00a0Four others<\/a> \u2013 15-year-old CJ, 16-year-old Jamaree, 33-year-old Syida Adams Patterson, and 37-year-old Courtney Maine \u2013 were critically injured.<\/p>\n

Officials said Adams Patterson, Jamaree and CJ died from their injuries Friday.<\/p>\n

Courtney Maine, who is Zion and CJ’s father, remains in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Adams Patterson was Jamaree’s mother and Courtney Maine’s longtime partner.<\/p>\n

A memorial now lines the entrance to the apartment building, with photos of the family hanging outside.<\/p>\n

Neighbor Kristina Diaz said she lived next door to the family of five.<\/p>\n

“They were friendly, and no matter what time you walked out this building the husband [said], good morning queen, good morning king,” she said. “Very polite, very friendly.”<\/p>\n

Diaz said Zion, Jamaree and CJ loved basketball.<\/p>\n

“Every day, you see them leaving off the ramp going to play ball,” she said.<\/p>\n

Diaz said the loss was hurtful.<\/p>\n

“As long as I’m in this building, they will never be forgotten. Never, never,” she said.<\/p>\n

Officials said an e-scooter’s lithium-ion battery sparked the fire as it was charging near the front door in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

“It was placed in a spot in the kitchen that made it impossible for the residents to leave safely,” Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to fire officials, lithium-ion batteries have caused 401 fires and six deaths so far this year, not including the deaths from Wednesday’s fire.<\/p>\n

“These tragedies are preventable. I want to urge New Yorkers to please heed our calls and to store these devices outside,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

NYCHA allows e-bikes and e-scooters to be stored inside apartments, but they say the devices cannot block exits, and an adult must be awake and present while it is charging.<\/p>\n

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