East Harlem Building Collapse

NEW YORK—Three people died and at least two dozen were injured—including several children—in a likely gas explosion that leveled two residential buildings in East Harlem on Wednesday morning, officials said.
At least nine people are unaccounted for, public safety officials said. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio cautioned that some of the missing may be “going about their normal business” and weren’t in the building at the time of the blast.
“There will be a search through the rubble of the building as soon as the fire is put out,” Mr. de Blasio said during a news conference at the scene, near East 116th Street and Park Avenue.
“This is a tragedy of the worst kind because there was no indication in time to save people,” he added.
So far, there were two people with life-threatening injuries, five with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and 20 with minor injuries at four local hospitals, a Fire Department of New York spokesman said
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