The fire happened just after 7 p.m. Saturday at the home on Rosewood Place in Tompkinsville. It quickly went up to two alarms in four minutes.
Neighboring homes at 107 and 111 Sherman Avenue were evacuated, displacing about a dozen residents.
The driver of the car was allegedly speeding down Bay Street in the Tompkinsville section around 9 p.m. last Friday nigh, when he or she struck and killed 42-year-old Heriberta Ramirez.
41-year-old Hector Calo took off early Thursday morning after being arrested for parole violations.
Police say officers arrived at the house on St. Paul's Avenue in the Stapleton section around 7 a.m., taking 41-year-old Hector Calo into custody on a parole violation. That's when they say he made a run for it.
Protesters went to Gracie Mansion Thursday calling for the firing of an NYPD officer in the death of Eric Garner.