Tag: explosion
Two women who lived in an apartment in 129 Second Avenue, next to the buildings that collapsed in the East Village explosion in late March, are suing the city for $20 million — each — for physical and mental damages. The blast killed 2 people and injured nearly 2 dozen others, sending 4 people to […]
ABC7 reports that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is now “fully engaged” in the investigation of the East Village blast. “This is going to be a slow, methodical investigation,” a law enforcement source told the New York Post. “We will be talking to everybody — witnesses, the contractor, the plumbers and landlord, gas experts — […]
Firefighters have uncovered two bodies from the site of the East Village wreckage, the New York Times reports. One of the bodies has been identified as 23-year-old Nicholas Figueroa, who was on a lunch date at Sushi Park when the Second Avenue building exploded. The other man is thought to be 27-year-old Moises Ismael Locón […]
As of Friday morning, about “200 firefighters and medical staff” are at the scene of the East Village blast that took out 3 buildings and ignited a seven-alarm fire on Thursday afternoon, CBS reports. A fourth building was badly damaged by the fire. Latest estimates say that at least 25 people were injured — 4 […]
Over 250 firefighters and 130 police officers swarmed 2nd Avenue and 7th street on Thursday afternoon after an explosion collapsed two buildings and ignited a seven-alarm fire in the East Village. At least a dozen people were injured. According to the FDNY, the explosion leveled 123 Second Avenue and partially collapsed 121 Second Avenue; a […]
This fireworks factory located in Bogota, Colombia exploded on Sunday and the cameraman filming it literally got blown off his feet. To his credit, dude gets back up and keeps filming from behind a truck. According to the Telegraph, a passing truck driver was injured but he soon continued on his journey after receiving medical […]
Hundreds of people are expected to sue New York City following March’s devastating East Harlem explosion, which destroyed two buildings, killed eight people, and wounded at least 70 others. DNAinfo reports that the city could “face up to $1 billion in payouts,” ranging from wrongful death to property damage lawsuits. First responders injured by the […]
Another explosion was captured on dashcams in the rural skies of Eastern Russia. About 1500 miles from Moscow, in the Sverdlovsk region, a huge bright orange flash hovered above. No one is entirely sure what it was. The Russian government is denying any involvement, but after they lied about the toxicity of the strange noxious cloud […]
At around 9 this morning, an explosion at 116th Street and Park Avenue in East Harlem collapsed two buildings and shut down Metro North service, injuring at least 11 people. Several media outlets are reporting that one to two people have died. UPDATE (12:25PM): The NYPD is reporting two deaths and 17 injuries. According to Mayor de […]
