{"id":89771,"date":"2026-01-05T14:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89771\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:54:06","slug":"massive-fire-destroys-bonx-deli-and-apartments-above-mayor-mamdani-visits-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89771\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive fire destroys Bonx deli and apartments above, Mayor Mamdani visits scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A massive five-alarm fire <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycemergencymgt\/status\/2008136964323570067\" rel=\"nofollow\">tore through a Bronx deli<\/a> and the apartments above it early Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/mamdani-sworn-in-as-nycs-112th-mayor-in-midnight-ceremony-beneath-city-hall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drawing Mayor Mamdani to the scene<\/a> on his fifth day in office.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze broke out in the building on Findlay Ave. and E. 170th St. in Claremont about 3:15 a.m., officials said. It too firefighters naerly four hours to bring the fire under control.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani visited the scene and briefed reporters on the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters appear to have been hampered by cars parked in front of fire hydrants, ABC 7 New York <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/fire-crews-battle-5-alarm-bronx-deli\/18354424\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>. The FDNY said 270 firefighters and medics responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n<p>Two people, including a firefighter, were treated at the scene for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Some residents who fled their homes were provided temporary shelter in a city bus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive five-alarm fire tore through a Bronx deli and the apartments above it early Monday, drawing Mayor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-89771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","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\/89771","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=89771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}