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Building collapse in NYC?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by The Big Ragu, Mar 12, 2014.

  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I can't find any links online yet, but there was an explosion and a potential building collapse near the Metro North tracks up around 114th -116th Street and Park Ave. in New York.

    There are a lot of fire fighters there, and it looks like there is a lot of smoke around the area.

    I have no idea if it is a big deal yet, but it is breaking. They have cancelled Metro North trains heading north from Grand Central Station.
     
  2. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/building-collapse-harlem-article-1.1718814
     
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I still get chills whenever I see anything like this.
     
  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Heavy.com has a few links, calling it a 3-alarm fire.

    http://www.heavy.com/news/2014/03/harlem-manhattan-building-explosion-collapse/
     
  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    From Heavy.com's FB page.

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    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152075074264755&set=a.10150972409199755.423332.53471909754&type=1&theater
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 15, 2014
  7. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    CNN reporting Con Ed was called to the area moments before for a gas leak.
     
  8. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    It's a block or two north of the Taft housing project on a dilapidated /not yet gentrified block. The Metro-North tracks can't be much more than a couple hundred feet away from the building, if that.
     
  9. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Two dead and 15 injured. This gives you an idea how close it is to the Metro-North tracks.

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