Explosion in New York
CNN's red alert: "Fire officials say an explosion and fire has caused a three-story building to collapse between Park and Madison avenues in New York City. There are reports of people trapped in the building."
UPDATE: AP has a wire on this:
(AP) NEW YORK An explosion and fire sent a three-story building collapsing into rubble Monday just off Madison Avenue, the Fire Department said. It was not immediately clear whether people were trapped inside. Thick, black smoke rose high above the building on 62nd Street between Park and Madison avenues on Manhattan's East Side. Ambulances, rescue units as well as police and fire department officials responded just before 9 a.m. TV host Larry King, who had been in his hotel room nearby, described the explosion to CNN as sounding like a bomb and feeling like an earthquake. "I've never heard a sound like that," King said."
UPDATE 2: This sounds a lot like the kind of confusion that was seen the morning of 9/11 (with rumors of missing planes, accounts of other attacks, etc) but we've got friends in Manhattan who are passing on stories that some of their co-workers who are having problems getting to work because of subway problems. Again, probably just usual MTA inefficiency, but for what it's worth...
UPDATE 3: K-Lo has begun posting on the explosion. They're on the scene and have TV access (which we, stuck as we are in a Rome airport, don't), so no more updates from us.
UPDATE: AP has a wire on this:
(AP) NEW YORK An explosion and fire sent a three-story building collapsing into rubble Monday just off Madison Avenue, the Fire Department said. It was not immediately clear whether people were trapped inside. Thick, black smoke rose high above the building on 62nd Street between Park and Madison avenues on Manhattan's East Side. Ambulances, rescue units as well as police and fire department officials responded just before 9 a.m. TV host Larry King, who had been in his hotel room nearby, described the explosion to CNN as sounding like a bomb and feeling like an earthquake. "I've never heard a sound like that," King said."
UPDATE 2: This sounds a lot like the kind of confusion that was seen the morning of 9/11 (with rumors of missing planes, accounts of other attacks, etc) but we've got friends in Manhattan who are passing on stories that some of their co-workers who are having problems getting to work because of subway problems. Again, probably just usual MTA inefficiency, but for what it's worth...
UPDATE 3: K-Lo has begun posting on the explosion. They're on the scene and have TV access (which we, stuck as we are in a Rome airport, don't), so no more updates from us.
