A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx.

An inferno tore through a Buddhist temple in the Bronx early Wednesday morning, killing a monk and visitor as Big Apple firefighters struggled to access a fire hydrant for the second time in a week.

Buddhist monk Direk Chompoonit, pictured at left in 2012 and at right in an undated photo, died in a fire on Anthony Ave. in the Bronx on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Obtained by Daily News) ...

A three-alarm fire broke out in a building on Anthony Ave. near E. Burnside Ave. in the Bronx, used by Buddhist monks, and quickly spread to their temple next door. The aftermath is pictured ...

The fire at a Mission Buddhist temple residence near 22nd and Capp streets on Tuesday left four residents displaced, of 15 living in the adjacent building, according to the San Francisco Fire ...

FORDHAM, The Bronx (PIX11) – Two people were killed when a three-alarm fire tore through a Buddhist temple early Wednesday morning in the Bronx. Emergency teams responded to the fire at 2064 ...

A fire at a Buddhist temple resdence in San Francisco's Mission District displaced 15 occupants and injured a firefighter on Tuesday evening, according to fire officials. Around 6 p.m. Tuesday ...

A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx. "We had ...

Uncredited. FDNY firefighters respond to a deadly fire at a Buddhist temple in the Bronx borough of New York on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (WABC-TV via AP) ...

A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx.