Six-Year-Old Twins Injured in Bronx Fire Have Died

Six-year-old twins injured in a May 11 fire in the Bronx have died, their father said on Tuesday. The twins, Isis and Oseaes, had been hospitalized in critical condition after inhaling smoke. Their one-year-old brother, Liam, also died in the fire. Their father, Kwesi Harris, said he and his wife donated four of Oseaes’s organs to three recipients.

He added that losing three children has left the family reeling. “I’m not doing well,” he said. “When I exercise every day, my children are with me. ” Mr. Harris said he was frustrated because his family needed more time to stay at a hotel where they have been sheltering since the fire.

The deadline for them to leave is Wednesday. A spokesman for the Office of Emergency Management said officials were checking with the American Red Cross about the Harris family’s situation.

This Year The number of people who have died from fire-related injuries has risen to 46 so far this year, up from 28 over the same period in 2025, according to the Fire Department. Two of the victims who died this year were injured in fires that occurred in 2023 and 2025.

Fire officials have said there is no singular trend driving the rise in deaths. In some instances, officials said doors left open have allowed fires to spread and become more deadly. Officials have also expressed concern about people over the age of 65, who make up the majority of fire victims.

A 73-year-old woman and her daughter, 48, were two of four people who died as a result of a fire on May 4 in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. That blaze and another on March 16 in Queens are now the deadliest fires so far this year. There have been 30 fatal fires so far this year, with the Bronx and Brooklyn having nine each.

The Bronx was the only borough to have both the most fires and the most people to perish because of them.