A Buddhist temple in the Bronx was destroyed and two people (one believed to be a Buddist monk) living next door to the temple were killed after a massive fire broke out Wednesday night.
More than 150 firefighters fought the flames for several hours.
FOX 5 reports that firefighting efforts were hampered by a car parked in front of a fire hydrant.
"We did unfortunately have a car parked on the closest fire hydrant. We’ve seen that now a couple of times in the last week throughout the City. We all know that we should not be parking on fire hydrants and when you park on fire hydrants, it slows us down. When we’re fighting a fire, seconds count," FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said in a post on X.
The FDNY wouldn't say if the car prevented them from saving those two lives.
