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Landlord of Burned Bronx Building Sued to Stop Heat Monitoring

  Hundreds of tenants were displaced after a fire ripped through the top floor of 2910 Wallace Ave. in The Bronx, Jan. 14, 2025.  Credit:  Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Ved Parkash had 10 properties put in a city housing agency program to track temperatures in chronically cold apartments. One just caught fire, leaving more than 250 homeless.  This article originally appeared in The City. By  Samantha Maldonado ,  Mia Hollie , and  Jonathan Custodio BRONX - The landlord whose Bronx building burned in a five-alarm fire Friday fought the city’s housing agency in court last year in an unsuccessful bid to exit a city program that requires monitoring for landlords with chronic heat complaints. Landlord Ved Parkash owns 2910 Wallace Avenue, a now burnt-out 98-unit apartment building in the Allerton neighborhood of The Bronx, just east of the New York Botanical Garden. That apartment building, along with nine others ...

6 People Injured in Bronx Fire

Three-Alarm Building Fire Injures 6

Six people were injured when a fire broke out inside a Soundview apartment building. -Photo by Citizen
Six people were injured when a fire broke out inside a Soundview apartment building. -Photo by Citizen

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 23, 2024


BRONX - Six people were injured during a three-alarm fire in Soundview last night. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. 


The fire broke out at around 11 pm on January 22 and soon quickly grew to a three-alarm fire. FDNY crews raced to 1053 Boynton Avenue and began tackling the blaze. 


Video from Citizen App shows flames shooting from the roof of the building. Firefighters mounted ladders and poured water from above. 


Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in Soundview this morning. -Photo by Citizen
Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in Soundview this morning. -Photo by Citizen


The FDNY reported that the fire was brought under control at around 12:30 am. 


This who suffered injuries were taken to area hospitals. At least a dozen people have been displaced by the fire. 


Five Smoke Shops Robbed by Same Crew - NYPD Says 

The NYPD is searching for a robbery crew that has hit five smoke shops throughout Manhattan and the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD


Cops Looking for Robbery Crew Targeting Smoke Shops


MANHATTAN - A group of smoke shop robbers hit a fifth time in Manhattan and the NYPD has released new video in an attempt to capture them. 

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FDNY officials are still investigating the cause of the fire. 

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