Detectives charged 55-year-old Samuel Calderon, who is homeless, with two counts of murder, manslaughter, assault, burglary, petit larceny, criminal contempt and harassment.
The flames were so intense that number 5 service was stopped due between East 180th Street and Eastchester-Dyre Avenue.
The owner of the car was escorting one child to a nearby bus stop while another child was inside the running car.
"I was like. 'is this a movie,' what's going on," one witness said.
Firefighters in Westchester County were caught on camera rescuing a frightened dog trapped in an icy pond.