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Six killed as fire tears through wood-frame Sunset Park rental where residents were trapped behind window bars

Four people were dead when firefighters reached 653 58th Street and two died at the hospital. The FDNY has not named a cause.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

Nov. 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Two images: a charred, gutted wood-frame row house with a burned barred door, a firefighter carrying debris down its stoop beside intact row houses; two men behind a barricade, one pointing and one with his hand over his face. — A firefighter carries debris from the fire-gutted building on 58th Street in Sunset Park on Nov. 5; neighbors watch near the scene. Photos: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office. Composite by Bushwick Daily

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Six killed as fire tears through wood-frame Sunset Park rental where residents were trapped behind window bars

Four people were dead when firefighters reached 653 58th Street and two died at the hospital. The FDNY has not named a cause.

Bushwick Daily News Desk Sunset Park · November 9, 2026Nov 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Six killed as fire tears through wood-frame Sunset Park rental where residents were trapped behind window bars

Six people were killed and nine others injured, including three firefighters and two police officers, when a fast-moving three-alarm fire tore through a wood-frame rental building at 653 58th Street in Sunset Park early Thursday, November 5, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a news conference at the scene.

The Fire Department received a call from a neighbor at 1:39 a.m. and firefighters arrived in less than four minutes, Mamdani said. They were met by heavy fire in the…

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