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On March 12, 2014, an explosion occurred at 9:31 a.m. [1] in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.The explosion leveled two apartment buildings located just north of 116th Street at 1644 and 1646 Park Avenue, [2] killing eight people, injuring at least 70 others, and displacing 100 families.
A steam pipe explosion at Washington Square in 2000 near the New York University Bobst Library left a 15-foot (4.5 m) crater in the pavement on Washington Square South, scattering debris and leaving traces of asbestos in the air. [8] The New York Steam Company began providing service in Lower Manhattan in 1882. [8]
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said, "The initial impact appears to have been caused by plumbing and gas work that was occurring inside 121 Second Avenue." [4] [5] Eleven other buildings were evacuated as a result of the explosion, and Con Edison turned off the gas to the area. Several days later, some residents were allowed to return to ...
BY SAMANTHA TATA AND ALLISON KADEN MANHATTAN (PIX11) – At least two people who have not been heard from in the aftermath of a catastrophic building explosion and fire that injured at least 28 ...
In the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, on the same day as the Seaside Park bombing, a pressure cooker bomb filled with shrapnel, in the form of small bearings or metal BBs, [6] exploded in a crowded area on West 23rd Street, between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue at 8:31 p.m. [1] [6] [7] The explosion occurred in ...
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However, the explosion appears to have actually been caused by pressurized gas cylinders that were kept in the work truck, according to FDNY Deputy Chief George Healy. The explosion damaged ...
The Greenwich Village townhouse explosion occurred on March 6, 1970, in New York City, United States.Members of the Weather Underground (Weathermen), an American leftist militant group, were making bombs in the basement of 18 West 11th Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood, when one of them exploded.