The FDNY confirms two people have died following a massive fire in The Bronx. The fire, which officials say was caused by a space heater, ripped through a Buddhist Temple near Anthony Avenue. The FDNY says the closest hydrant was blocked by parked cars, delaying their work.

A raging Bronx fire left two men dead Wednesday morning and heavily damaged a Buddhist temple next door, FDNY officials said. It was the second time this week a parked vehicle blocked the hydrant closest to a fatal blaze in the city.

Two people in the Bronx were killed Wednesday morning as a massive fire ripped through a Buddhist temple and a nearby home. Fire Department sources said the three-alarm inferno erupted inside 2064 St.