A fire tore through a fourth-floor apartment at 540 Southern Blvd. in Longwood early Sunday, critically injuring one person as dozens of firefighters and EMS workers swarmed the building before sunrise.
Firefighters Rushed to Southern Boulevard Before Dawn
Firefighters responded to the fourth-floor blaze around 6:20 a.m., according to News12 | Bronx. The person critically injured was taken to a local hospital, fire officials said, though details about that person's identity, age, or current condition have not been released.
FDNY deployed 21 units along with 79 fire and EMS personnel to battle the flames, per the station's report. Crews managed to place the fire under control at about 7:26 a.m., roughly an hour after the initial call came in. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and no further details have been disclosed.
How This Blaze Compares to Other Recent Bronx Fires
The scale of Sunday's response was notable, but it still falls well short of some other recent Bronx apartment fires. A separate fire that tore through a six-story building in the Morris Heights neighborhood killed one person and injured 10 others, according to Gothamist. That outlet's reporting on the toll includes differing figures, noting both that 10 people were hurt overall and, in a separate breakdown, that seven residents and four firefighters were injured, with one resident listed in critical condition.
That Morris Heights fire also drew a far larger response, with about 46 fire and EMS units and 140 firefighters and EMS workers on scene, Gothamist reported. As with the Longwood fire, officials said the cause of the Morris Heights blaze remained undetermined.
No additional information about the condition of the Longwood victim, the cause of the fire, or the building's occupancy has been released as the investigation continues.
