Hayley Fixler

1 month ago | fox5ny.com | Hayley Fixler

Two people were killed after a fire broke out on Thursday morning inside a North Bergen, NJ high-rise building, which houses a senior living facility. North Bergen fire today What we know: According to officials, the fire started around 1:30 a.m. in the 10th floor unit. Officials say the two victims, a man and woman aged 88 and 77, were found in the unit where the fire started. Two police officers were taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation.

1 month ago | fox5ny.com | Michael Stallone |Hayley Fixler

The NYPD arrested 32-year-old Miriam Yarimi, the woman accused of causing a weekend two-car crash on Ocean Parkway that killed a mother and her two children as they crossed a street in Brooklyn. According to police, Yarimi's Audi struck a rideshare vehicle carrying four passengers – a mother and three children – at an intersection before hitting another mother and three children who were crossing the street. Who is Miriam Yarimi?

2 months ago | fox5ny.com | Hayley Fixler |Adeja Crearer

A kitten on the Upper West Side died after contracting the bird flu, and the city’s health department is investigating additional cases, including a second cat that also tested positive for the virus. Though cases of infection are rare, cats seem especially susceptible to the bird flu virus, or Type A H5N1 (CDC). FOX 5 NY has confirmed that the health department is looking into two separate incidents of cats testing positive for the bird flu.

2 months ago | fox5ny.com | Hayley Fixler |Michael Stallone

A three-year-old boy died after he was dumped at a Brooklyn hospital over the weekend, covered in bruises, the NYPD said. What we know: According to police, officers responded on Sunday morning to University Hospital at Downstate, in the Wingate section, where they found the unconscious and unresponsive boy with visible bruising on his body. Sources said the child was badly bruised and had been "severely beaten," according to the New York Post. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital.

2 months ago | fox5ny.com | Hayley Fixler

A young child has died after a suspected fentanyl exposure at a women's shelter in Brooklyn. No charges have been filed, but police are questioning the child's parents. What we know: First responders and a hazmat team were seen lined up outside the shelter in East Flatbush on Tuesday, after a four-year-old boy was found unresponsive. FOX 5 NY is told that when first responders arrived at the Women In Need shelter, the four-year-old boy had symptoms of an apparent overdose.