FDNY Firefighters Hurt, one Critically, Battling Bronx Fire

June 23, 2025
The five-alarm fire that spread through several multi-family houses also left civilians and other FDNY firefighters injured.

An FDNY firefighter was critically injured battling a five-alarm fire that spread through several multi-family houses n the Bronx Sunday night.

Two civilians and a dozen other FDNY crew members, including an EMS provider, were transported to a hospital.

Firefighters reported the stubborn fire was difficult to extinguish. While there were motorized scooters with lithium-ion batteries present, crews have not linked them to the cause, abc 7 reported.

"They have a lot of old scooters on the porch. So maybe one of the batteries? We don't know. The fire was in the front, the whole front. They couldn't get in, the fire was in the front of it, blowing up," Zona Williams, a neighbor, told reporters.

 

 

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.