Dogs searching rubble for victims after 17-story New York apartment building partially collapses in suspected gas explosion
‘Loud boom’ heard as gas explosion partially collapses high-rise
- A gas explosion caused a partial collapse of a high-rise apartment building in the Bronx, New York, just after 8am.
- The blast at YCHA’s Mitchel Houses on Alexander Avenue led to the collapse of an incinerator shaft attached to the 17-storey building.
- A witness said she “heard a loud boom, and the thing just exploded,” while another said the explosion sounded “like a bomb.”
- No immediate injuries were reported, but first responders were using dogs and drones to search the rubble as a precaution.
- New York Mayor Eric Adams said he was monitoring the situation, with FDNY, NYPD, and other city departments responding to the scene.