Bronx house fire that killed 4 likely caused by electrical malfunction: sources

Sunday’s deadly Bronx fire It was likely caused by faulty electrical wiring — with investigators finding a melted computer still embedded in the wall of the room where the fire started, law enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.

The Quimby Avenue fire, which killed three children and a young father, remains under investigation, but preliminary findings point to an electrical malfunction, sources said.

There were working smoke detectors in the home, the FDNY said.

City building records show no previous violations at the building, although firefighters found an illegal apartment in the basement while battling the blaze. Sources said the deadly fire did not originate there.

The building was largely exempt from city inspection requirements because it is listed as a single-family home, so inspectors were not qualified to check a basement unit.

The home’s converted basement included a full kitchen and bathroom fixtures that were all built without city building permits, DOB records show.

The fire also spread to an adjoining building, causing damage that included holes in the roof, forcing the city to issue a vacate order for that structure as well.

They died in the fire Ahmed Saleh, 22, his 10-month-old daughter, Barah, and his younger brothers, 12-year-old Mohamed Waleed Ahmed and 10-year-old Kalheed Ben Saleh.

Horrified neighbors in the Castle Hill neighborhood recalled trapped boys screaming for help as flames consumed the building.

“You can see her little hands banging on the windows,” neighbor Merlyn Persaue sobbed Sunday. “They screamed, ‘Hey Allah! Hey Allah!’ which means “Help me God! Help me God!”

“I see the hands in the windows, and then the flames wash over the windows,” said Persaue, 60. “And then there was no more sound.”

Another neighbor said he was able to help save the dead boys’ mother, as well as her only surviving child.

“They were screaming,” the neighbor said of the woman and one of her children. “They’re crying.”

Additional reporting by Tina Moore