Shortly after 3 p.m., FDNY announced the blaze had grown to a four alarm fire.The explosion was at a multiple dwelling, three-story building.
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More than 100 firefighters responded to the fire.
None of the injuries were life-threatening, though three people were transported by ambulance to the New York Methodist Hospital, police and fire officials said.
Property records describe the building as residential, … Federal investigators released a a report a few months ago that blamed the explosion on poorly crafted pipe-joint and an old sewer line that cause a gas line to break.
“We heard like the floor shake and like there was a big explosion”.
“I see a man who was hopping on one leg. And I think he got injured because something fell down”.
One person was killed and three more were injured Saturday in an apparent explosion and fire in a Brooklyn building, authorities said.
The city’s Office of Emergency Management asks residents to avoid the area.
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The city Department of Buildings says staffers are also on the way to assess the damage.
