The FDNY says a parked car blocked a fire hydrant and slowed its response to a deadly fire in the Bronx Wednesday.

We’re not supposed to do it, but where else am I gonna park,” the unidentified driver whined, according to ABC 7. “You can’t double park in these streets, these streets are small.”

Two people in the Bronx were killed Wednesday morning as a massive fire ripped through a Buddhist temple and a nearby home.

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