There were no injuries reported following a residential fire in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx in the early hours of Thursday, March 26, FDNY officials said.
A fire department spokesperson said they received a 911 call at 1.45 a.m. for a report of a fire on the top floor of a building located at 2756 Creston Avenue, located between East 197th Street and East 196th Street.
They said 21 units, comprising 79 fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene, there were no reported injuries, and the fire was brought under control at 2.31 a.m. They said the cause is under investigation.
As reported, thirteen people were reported injured following an afternoon residential fire in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx on Tuesday, March 17, [St. Patrick’s Day] in a six-building complex which houses around seven daycare centers. That incident followed another large fire, as reported, where several small businesses were damaged on East Gun Hill Road in the Laconia section of the East Bronx on March 6. The latest fires have prompted Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and the FDNY to launch a further series of fire education and safety workshops across the borough…