Special Reports & Tweets - Explosion in New York City
Aired: 2015-03-26
Duration: 01:13


=== Explosion and Collapse on 2nd Avenue (01:13) ===

[00:00:00]  Joe Biggs here with Infowars.com with some breaking news out of CBS New York.
[00:00:17]  Now, emergency responders are on the scene of an explosion and collapse at a building in Manhattan's East Village.
[00:00:22]  The explosion and collapse were reported at around 3.30 or so at 7th Street and 2nd Avenue Thursday afternoon.
[00:00:28]  Now, multiple injuries have been reported.
[00:00:30]  The fire department said two people were rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
[00:00:34]  The collapse occurred at 125 2nd Avenue, which is a residential and commercial building.
[00:00:40]  Fire could be seen tearing through at least...
[00:00:42]  Two buildings at the location.
[00:00:43]  Video from the scene showed a huge column of flames shooting up 20 or more feet through the top of a building.
[00:00:49]  Now, you know, a lot of these things have been happening lately with gas, so who knows if that happened.
[00:00:55]  The fire department believes that it could be the cause of a gas explosion, but they're still looking into it.
[00:01:01]  Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton are on their way to the scene as of right now, and according to the Department of Building records, there was a stop work order on the building.
[00:01:10]  So this is a developing story going on right now.