{"id":89683,"date":"2026-01-05T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89683\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:40:19","slug":"3-injured-in-5-alarm-fire-at-bronx-apartment-building-nyc-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89683\/","title":{"rendered":"3 injured in 5-alarm fire at Bronx apartment building, NYC officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"8dvsr\">Three people were injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx early Monday morning, FDNY officials and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fujkl\">Those injured include two firefighters and a civilian, according to the department and mayor. Their injuries were reported to be minor.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"86i20\">The blaze broke out in a building at Findlay Avenue and East 170th Street in Claremont around 3:20 a.m. It was upgraded to five alarms shortly after 4:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"c7k1q\">More than 250 firefighters and emergency medical workers responded to the fire, according to the FDNY. The five-story building features apartments and a first-floor deli.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bon0k\">The building was evacuated without any lives lost, Mamdani said. Fire officials said the fire was brought under control by 7:15 a.m. and fire marshals are investigating its cause.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cuu6t\">&#8220;Residents, workers and commuters in the area should expect heavy smoke, street closures and significant traffic delays,&#8221; the city&#8217;s Emergency Management agency <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycemergencymgt\/status\/2008136964323570067?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> Monday. Officials urged people to avoid the area if possible and close their windows if they live nearby.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"c4pjf\">This is a developing story and has been updated with additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people were injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx early Monday morning, FDNY officials and Mayor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-89683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","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\/89683","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=89683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}