NEW YORK, NY – Three people were injured and one man was killed inside a 24th-floor apartment in the Bronx late Monday night. The injured include a 46-year-old woman, a 15-year-old male and an 11-month-old boy.
They were all treated for smoke inhalation and other non-life-threatening injuries.
FDNY responded to 1133 Ogden Avenue shortly after 11 pm on Monday after receiving a report of a fire on the 24th floor of the building.
Police officers from the city’s 44th Precinct and firefighters quickly extinguished the fire inside the apartment.
Once inside. first responders located a 45-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive. He was rushed to NYC Health & Hospitals/ Lincoln by FDNY EMS. He was pronounced deceased a short time later. The other three occupants were listed in stable condition.
FDNY Fire Marshall to determine the cause of the fire. The investigation remains ongoing at this time.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.