A person is in crucial situation after a fireplace engulfed his house on the highest flooring of a Bronx house constructing, FDNY officers mentioned Friday.
Firefighters began receiving calls about extreme smoke rising from the six-story constructing on Bronx Park East and Thwaites Pl. in Pelham Parkway round 1 p.m. and arrived on the scene about 5 minutes later, in keeping with officers. They discovered a person believed to be roughly in his 50s unconscious and unresponsive in an house on the highest flooring, during which the blaze originated, Deputy Chief James Sangiamo mentioned.
First responders rushed the sufferer to Jacobi Hospital, the place he’s at the moment in crucial situation, officers mentioned.
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Firefighters reply to a fireplace on Bronx Park East and Thwaites Pl. on Friday afternoon. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Each day Information)
The smoke eaters have been in a position to “aggressively extinguish the fire and confined it to one apartment,” bringing it below management in about an hour, Sangiamo mentioned.
One other civilian suffered minor smoke inhalation however refused medical consideration. A firefighter additionally sustained a minor harm and was transported to Jacobi Hospital, in keeping with FDNY officers.
The hearth’s trigger is below investigation.
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A person is in crucial situation after a two-alarm hearth inside a top-floor house on Bronx Park East on Friday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Each day Information)
Initially Printed: August 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM EDT
