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| New York City building collapses after explosion | |
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| New York City emergency crews are responding to reports of an explosion and building collapse that has reportedly injured 11 people. | |
| The incident occurred at 116th Street and Park Avenue on Wednesday morning. | |
| East Harlem residents reported hearing a blast in the five-storey apartment building before it caved in, according to US media. | |
| Aerial images of the site showed a huge pall of smoke or dust with fire crews dousing the rubble. | Aerial images of the site showed a huge pall of smoke or dust with fire crews dousing the rubble. |
| Local media have reported at least 11 people suffered injuries, while a nearby hospital said it had received one patient with heavy trauma. | |
| The local utility has been called to shut off the gas following the explosion, which damaged windows in the area, reports WABC TV. | The local utility has been called to shut off the gas following the explosion, which damaged windows in the area, reports WABC TV. |
| 'Gas smell' | |
| "It was an explosion and a building collapsed," a spokesman for New York Police Department told AFP news agency. | "It was an explosion and a building collapsed," a spokesman for New York Police Department told AFP news agency. |
| A witness told the New York Daily News she had smelled gas "for weeks" before the explosion. | |
| "We saw people flying out of the window... those are my neighbours," Ashley Rivera said. | |
| Another witness working near the site told the newspaper he heard two loud explosions that shook his shop. | |
| "It was loud, like boom, boom!" Mitch Abreu said. "It rocked the whole block. | |
| "A window blew out of the other shop down the street," he added. | |
| "It looked like the [Twin] towers all over again. People covered in dust and covering their mouths." | |
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