Fire deaths in New York City are up more than 60% compared to this time last year, data shows. Forty-six people have died in fires so far this year, according to FDNY First Deputy Commissioner Daniel Flynn.

Victim Lance Garcia’s mother and grandfather were rushed to the hospital and haven’t been conscious long enough since to be told of Garcia’s fate.

The fire broke out near Broadway and Stone Street around 5:42 p.m., according to fire officials.

Six-year-old twins who were critically injured when a fire tore through a Bronx apartment building and killed their 1-year-old brother last week have since died, according to the devastated parents forced to bury all their children.

Prosecutors Thursday said they were investigating safety violations the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development filed against building owners JanJan Realty and company head, Jack Bick.

New York City is already on track to surpass a grim milestone for 2026. Data from the FDNY shows that more people have died in fires in the five boroughs so far this year compared to the same time last year.

Shocking scenes unfolded in Lower Manhattan after a car caught fire and exploded near Wall Street on May 19, sending smoke rising through the streets close to the iconic Charging Bull statue. A video shared on TikTok by Iman Hassan captured dark smoke billowing from several blocks away as emergency crews rushed to the scene around 5 p.

More than 100 emergency responders were called to a three-alarm fire in Inwood, Manhattan early Monday morning.

The horrific Inwood fire that killed three people, including a top veteran fashion journalist and her elderly mother, was caused by a neighbor who carelessly flicked his cigarette butt, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Three people are dead, others seriously hurt, and dozens are homeless after a fire tore through an apartment building in Manhattan overnight, authorities said Monday. Firefighters were called shortly after midnight to the scene on Dyckman Street,

The number of people who have died in fires so far this year has increased 50% over the same period last year. Through the first four-and-half months of 2026, 42 people, from young toddlers just learning to walk to elderly