One person has died and four others were injured in a fire Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn that might have been caused by a gas explosion, the Fire Department said.
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A relatively quiet street in Brooklyn’s Borough Park was interrupted by a violent blast on Saturday, a gas explosion that killed one and injured at least three people. In addition to the fatality, three people were injured.
He said: ‘Earlier today, an explosion took place at a building in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Brad Lander, who represents Borough Park on the New York City Council, said relatives had identified the missing woman as Francisca Figueroa, 48.
Firefighters responded within three minutes and were able to evacuate residents of surrounding buildings, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“This explosion is the latest in a disturbing trend of incidents that occurred in Harlem and the East Village“, he said. ‘They wanted her to get out, ‘ Niurca said of the landlords, who’ve yet to comment on the unfolding tragedy.
33-year-old Shimshon Ben Rochal Leah Segedin and his 10-year-old son were on the way home from the synagogue when they passed the building that erupted in flames.
De Blasio says the incident “shows a few signs of being gas-related”.
Another person, who NY1 is told was in the process of moving out of a second-floor apartment, is still unaccounted for.
The Fire Department said the injuries to the other three victims were not life-threatening.
“I just saw plumes of smoke coming out”, he said.
The spoil rocked the immensely Orthodox Jewish city inside the…
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A message left at a possible phone number for the building’s owner wasn’t immediately returned. “National Grid…is working under the direction of the Fire Department of New York to shut off the gas and make the situation safe”, spokeswoman Karen Young said in an email.
