Three residents dead in upper Manhattan apartment building fire, five critical 2%
By Rocco Parascandola58% Thomas Tracy44% Barry Paddock0%
5/4/2026, 12:04:02 PM
Topics: Nyc Crime
BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Quote-first Misdirection, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 46 hits. Analysis detected 83 faulty-reasoning hits from 166 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 11.4% and a BS Rank of 2% (16,546 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.40% of the article peer group.
Three people were killed and five people critically hurt by a fast-moving fire in an upper Manhattan apartment building early Monday, officials said.
The blaze broke out on the second floor of the six-story building on Dyckman St. near Broadway in Inwood about 12:30 a.m. and quickly grew to three alarms, FDNY officials said.
Firefighters were on scene in three minutes.
"This fire was a very serious fire," said FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said.
"It unfortunately resulted in many patients."
The fire spread up the building's lone staircase to eight apartments.
Medics treated 14 people, including a firefighter with minor injuries.
Three residents died at the scene, while five more were hospitalized with critical injuries, FDNY officials said.
Four more residents were taken to local hospitals with moderate or minor injuries.
The fire was brought under control at 3 a.m.
Its cause has not yet been determined.
About 100 residents were displaced by the fire.
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166 words analyzed.
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