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Authorities Investigate Explosion in Manhattan At Least 25 Injured in Explosion in Manhattan
(35 minutes later)
Firefighters and the police were responding to a report of an explosion in Manhattan on 23rd Street between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue on Saturday night, the authorities said. A powerful explosion rocked the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring 25 people, shattering windows and forcing the closure of several blocks, the authorities said.
Information about the source of the explosion was not immediately available. The explosion was reported around 8:30 p.m. in the Chelsea neighborhood. Police officers and counterterrorism officers were searching the streets around the scene in case there were additional explosive devices. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening, the Fire Department said on Twitter.
Between 10 and 15 people suffered injuries that were not life-threatening from what appeared to have been an explosion in a garbage can, according to three New York City officials. The explosion was reported around 8:30 p.m. at 133 West 23rd Street, near the Avenue of the Americas, the department said, adding that there was a report that it emanated from a Dumpster, although the specifics of the location and the cause were still being investigated.
The blast shattered windows in a five-story brownstone building and sent debris into the street, a law enforcement official said. The building is between a church on its eastern side and an apartment building under renovation on its western side. Some of the power of the blast seemed to have blown out toward the street, and a vehicle, possibly a taxi or an Uber car, appeared to have taken the brunt of the explosion. The blast shattered windows in a five-story brownstone building and sent debris into the street, a law enforcement official said. The building is between a church on its eastern side and an apartment building under renovation on its western side.
Daniel Yount, 34, said he had been on the roof of a building at 25th Street and Sixth Avenue with friends having drinks when he heard a “very powerful” explosion. As a precaution, the police and fire personnel were searching trash cans for possible explosive devices, officials said.
“We felt the shock waves through our bodies,” he said. The blast forced the shutdown of Seventh Avenue between 23rd and 25th Streets, and 23rd Street between Avenue of the Americas and Eighth Avenue. It also disrupted subway service on the F and E lines, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Twitter.
Luke McConnell was visiting from Colorado and was headed toward a restaurant on West 27th Street.
“I heard a big boom,” he said. “I felt it, like a concussive wave, heading towards me.” He added: “Then there was a cloud of white smoke, that came from the left side of 23rd Street near Sixth. There was no fire, just smoke.”
The Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump, weighed in on the news while campaigning in Colorado Springs on Saturday night. Mr. Trump made the remarks about 45 minutes after the explosion was reported, before the authorities had made any determinations about what had happened and while the situation was still in flux.
“I must tell you that just before I got off the plane, a bomb went off in New York and nobody knows exactly what’s going on,” he said. “But boy, we are living in a time — we better get very tough, folks.”