Fire linked to lithium-ion battery leaves Bronx boy dead, multiple people critical

a developing story. It's one that we've been tracking. This is out in the Bronx. So we just got this video right here. Just stop it just for a second so I can set this up, Gab, if I can. Okay, so this video, these are FDNY, the fire marshal. They are responding here. It's a deadly overnight fire in the Bronx. It's left a boy dead and four members of his family fighting for their lives. We're also looking outside of the structure here, which is up on our live view five, so we can see just sort of a wider shot of the building here. Photographer Roy is out there this morning. So this is the actual building where this happened. And it happened in the Bronx. A boy between 12 and 16 died at Jacoby Hospital. Another boy in that range is in grave condition. The new information that we learned this morning is that this happened on the 11th floor of the Patterson houses. As you can see the boarded up window there and investigators confirming to us this morning that a lithium ion battery inside the apartment could be responsible for this fire in fact they are leaning very much that way so let's go back to that video that we had at the very beginning these this is the FDNY the fire marshal we were actually there as they entered into the apartment let's let's go back just a little bit if we can Gab on the video we'll bring me down we'll bring the audio up um kind of take people inside this uh situation here as it was unfolding this literally happened in the last five minutes that's why it's coming into us um just a little bit raw so go ahead yeah all right so that there is as far as our cameras were allowed uh firefighters pulled five people, including three boys from a smoke-filled apartment. This is the 11th floor of the Patterson houses. The fire appears to have started in the kitchen. Again, investigators finding that lithium-ion battery, and we do believe that it is the culprit in this case. A 15-year-old boy, two adults, a 37-year-old man, and a 33-year-old woman in critical condition this morning. We just got word also that we think Mayor Mamdani will be here in just a little while, And he is going to be speaking outside this apartment. Obviously, this is a tragic situation. New York City's lithium ion batteries actually on pace to outpace last year's record of 282 battery fires so far this year compared to 292 through all of last year. So it looks like we're on pace to blow right by that number. So we're going to keep track of what's happening there. if Mr. Mamdani, the mayor, comes in a little bit before that, we will let you know what's happening. We did talk to some people out there. We are going to let you hear from them in just a little while. I actually just got a text from the photographer there who was getting some of that video. He says that off camera, some residents were a little concerned about the response time. So that is some of the rumbling that's happening out there. Certainly a bigger situation.