Building explosion leaves 1 dead, 15 injured New York City.
Initially when I saw this, I was thinking another terror attack or false flag.....not really sure what the situation is as yet...!
An explosion followed by a fire at an apartment building in upper Manhattan on Wednesday has left one person dead and at least 15 people injured, officials say.
According to ABC's New York affiliate, at least one of those injured experienced "heavy trauma." The conditions of the others were not immediately known.
The FDNY said it received a call shortly after 9:30 a.m. reporting a large explosion in the five-story apartment building on Park Avenue near 116th Street in East Harlem.
The fire department confirmed that the explosion involved multiple buildings, and escalated the response to five alarms, with 39 units and 168 members responding. According to public records, the address that firefighters initially reponded -- 1646 Park Ave. -- to was built in 1910.
Reached by phone, an employee of the man who owns the building told Yahoo News that she didn't know what might have sparked the blast. The 5-story building is home to four floors of apartments and Absolute Piano on the street level. The employee said everyone at the piano shop was safe.
http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-building-collapse-140122865.html?vp=1
I sure feel for these folks, they must have
been wired, what with that plane missing
and all, then to have an explosion.
I wonder if someone was cooking
something in the pressure cooker,
or what?
:o
live coverage is here
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Park-Avenue-116th-Street-Fire-Collapse-Explosion-249730131.html
The only indication of anything wrong before the explosion was a call to Con Edison from a nearby building, reporting a strong smell of gas just minutes before the blast. But it was too late.
@ sky, thanks for the update...
so this could have been a gas explosion?
I recall one a few years back in another state
that was very destructive, started with a big explosion too.
That area is old, when old infrastructure goes
for a hundred years, some may need updating.
Boy, the U.S. has its work cut out for it, for sure.
Gas is a great tool for insurance fires :D About 30 years ago in Toronto and New York they were called Jewish Fires... because they used them to get rid of old buildings and collect on the insurance
Seems Silverstein remembered that with the WTC :P
::)