FDNY: 1 dead, 3 others injured in apparent gas blast
Posted October 03, 2015 7:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Officials suspect a recently disconnected stove may have caused an apparent gas explosion that killed a woman and injured three others in Brooklyn.
City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says firefighters received a call around 1 p.m. Saturday reporting an explosion at a building in the Borough Park neighborhood. He says when emergency crews arrived they found the entire front of the three-story building blown into the street.
Officials suspect the explosion originated in an apartment on the second floor.
A man and his son who were walking by the building when it exploded were injured. A passer-by also was hurt.
Officials initially said the man was 33 and the boy was 10; police later gave the ages as 34 and 9. There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy.
A police officer wears a mask while working near the scene of an explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Firefighters in New York say one person is dead and three more have been injured in an apparent explosion and fire at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Firefighters work at the at the scene of an explosion at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Firefighters in New York say one person is dead and three more have been injured in an apparent explosion and fire. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Onlookers watch as firefighters work at the at the scene of an explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Firefighters in New York say one person is dead and three more have been injured in an apparent explosion and fire at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A woman, center, who says she lives near the scene of an explosion, is comforted by another woman, left, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Firefighters in New York say one person is dead and three more have been injured in an apparent explosion and fire at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Firefighters work at the at the scene of an explosion at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Firefighters in New York say one person is dead and three more have been injured in an apparent explosion and fire. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Onlookers watch as firefighters work at the scene of an explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Firefighters in New York say one person is dead and three more have been injured in an apparent explosion and fire in a three-story building. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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A helicopter flies past firefighters working at the scene of a fatal explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says the explosion apparently happened after a stove was disconnected. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Firefighters work at the at the scene of a fatal explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says the explosion apparently happened after a stove was disconnected. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, second from right, hugs Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams at the scene of a fatal explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says the explosion apparently happened after a stove was disconnected. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, second from left, Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro, second from right, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speak to reporters during a news conference near the scene of a fatal explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Nigro says the explosion apparently happened after a stove was disconnected. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro walk through the scene of a fatal explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Nigro says the explosion apparently happened after a stove was disconnected. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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