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Posted by SLRT on Thu Mar 26 16:23:13 2015 "Cause unknown, but Consistent with a gas explosion."The pictures are amazing. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/east-village-explosion_n_6950116.html An explosion rocked an East Village building in Manhattan Thursday, causing the building to collapse and sending plumes of smoke down Second Avenue. Injuries were reported at the building, which is located on Second Avenue near E. 7th Street, DNA Info reports. An FDNY spokesperson told The Huffington Post that one injured person was transported to an area hospital and other patients were evaluated on scene. The building could be seen fully engulfed in flames just before 4 p.m., and a fire department spokesman said the fire spread to at least two other buildings. Miles Barber, a cook at Mighty Quinn's restaurant nearby, told HuffPost that the explosion felt "like an earthquake." He and fellow employees evacuated the restaurant as hundreds of onlookers crowded the streets. Police closed off 6th and 7th streets near the explosion. The cause wasn't immediately clear, but authorities said that it was consistent with a gas explosion. ABC News reports: The FDNY arrived on the scene to find a restaurant on the lower level collapsed and smoke pluming throughout the building. Then flames began shooting through the roof and quickly spread to a neighboring building. Firefighters were pouring water onto the flames, but they had to pull back due to the intensity, fire officials expected both buildings would eventually fall. Evacuations were underway at all adjoining buildings, and charred rubble littered the sidewalk. The incident comes just days after New York City marked the one-year anniversary of a deadly building explosion in Harlem. A gas leak caused the blast, leveling two buildings, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others. |
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