{"id":55616,"date":"2025-11-29T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/55616\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:55:09","slug":"dead-woman-found-in-burning-bronx-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/55616\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead woman found in burning Bronx building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bronx-apartment-fire-lloyd-mitchell-11282025-3.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bronx firefighters working on roof of burning apartment building\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Dead woman found in Bronx apartment fire; nine firefighters and cops injured in blaze 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters fought a four alarm fire at 1520 Sherdian Ave. in the Bronx on Nov. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Fire marshals and <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> detectives are investigating a four-alarm fire at an apartment building on Friday afternoon, during which a woman\u2019s dead body was discovered inside a residence.<\/p>\n<p>Five firefighters and four cops were injured, and numerous families were displaced, in the inferno that broke out just after 3 p.m. on Nov. 28 inside 1520 Sheridan Ave. in Claremont.\n<\/p>\n<p>The first arriving units discovered heavy fire emanating from a sixth-floor apartment. The flames had also spread to the cockloft, the space between the ceiling and roof.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137814343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bronx-apartment-fire-lloyd-mitchell-11282025-1.jpg\" alt=\"FDNY Paramedics at the scene of a four alarm fire at 1520 Sheridan Ave. in the Bronx on Nov. 28, 2025.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"Dead woman found in Bronx apartment fire; nine firefighters and cops injured in blaze 2\"  \/>FDNY Paramedics at the scene of a four alarm fire at 1520 Sheridan Ave. in the Bronx on Nov. 28, 2025.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell\n<\/p>\n<p>More than 175 firefighters responded to the inferno along with the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd44pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">44th Precinct<\/a>. While searching the building, firefighters came upon the body of a 73-year-old woman inside one of the units; she was unconscious and unresponsive, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The woman\u2019s body was pulled from the burning building and pronounced dead by EMS units. Police said her body was transferred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nyc.gov\/fdny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FDNY<\/a> officials said that the remains were unrelated to the fire.\n<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the five injured firefighters were taken to Bronx Lebanon Hospital for treatment of their injuries. Two of the injured officers were also taken to local hospitals for treatment of smoke inhalation. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Five hoselines were used to knock down the main body of the fire, which was brought under control just before 5:20 p.m. Friday.\n<\/p>\n<p>The investigations into the fire and the dead body remain ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters fought a four alarm fire at 1520 Sherdian Ave. in the Bronx on Nov. 28, 2025. 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