5-year-old boy killed in Bronx house fire, three others hurt

A 5-year-old boy was killed and three other people were injured in a fire at a Bronx residence on Wednesday evening, officials said.

The blaze broke out around 5:20 p.m. in the basement of a three-story building at 4011 Barnes Ave. in the East Bronx, FDNY Deputy Chief Keith Scanlon said at the scene.

Firefighters arrived in about three minutes and encountered flames when they entered the basement, he said.

“It was a hard stretch, it was tight quarters,” Scanlon explained.

“Smoke was throughout the whole [basement],” he added.

A 5-year-old boy was taken to Jacobi Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.