Buildings Explosion News Today

The neighboring areas? how are they approaching this? >> it is challenge because there is debris shooting out east, north, west and south so it difficult to spetalk about the injuries. and i dont know how many apartment units there were. it is hard to say how many would be home. it was after the beginning of the work day. the hospital reports are showing it isnt overwhelming. >> on the right side of the screen is a shot of what the buildings looked like before the explosion. the blue awning was ...

The building immediatelyly to the right. the building with the blond brick top. i watched them put that building up over over the last couple years. what led to the problem that ultimately caused this one to go up in smoke and flames, that is yet to be determined. again there was a smell of gas reported by many residents. >> you have to be concerned for the firefighters there dealing with the debris and smoke and others in the neighborhood. we are getting an idea of how many blocks perimeter peo...

The defendant in this case but i think what the defense is trying to do is put up a smorgasbord of people, saying anyone of these people could have been involved in the murder which means my client was not guilty of the murder. jon: well have to leave it there. we are keeping an eye on this case. fascinating testimony. esther panitche, doug burns, thank you both. >> my pleasure, jon. jenna: another big story today, the latest on the deadly explosion in new york city up next. óqoqúúñ@

Jon: fox news alert now. we are expecting the news conference from the fire department any moment from now, on a deadly explosion that took place in new york city about three hours ago. the associated press are reporting that two people are known dead, 17 others are injured. the powerful blast leveled two buildings on park avenue in upper manhattan. emergency crews were handing out masks as smoke poured from the two collapsed apartment buildings. service on the metro-north commuter line that run...

We have nypd emergency management crews saying is anybody trapped in building? it all happened quickly. the church is on the group floor. we had a chance to speak to many people in the area. all whom they said that the entire neighborhoods rocked. what other buildings buildings a need to be stablized and very concerned evacuations are continuing. right now i tell you and you can see smoke continues to billow up in the air. i sent video i did on walk and talk you will take a look at in a short wh...

We are not hearing reports of a bomb is to blame. we are hearing reports of gas smell. the fbi is look more into a gas leak or explosion that could have caused this sort of damage. >> the metro north tracks that pass by the building, metro north goes to connecticut and they are shutdown right now. >> the ceo of risk consultants is here and pat, you have been watching the scene with us as it has developed, what are you thinking? what is going through your head as you look into this investigation....

. it is difficult situation to get in there. that is the biggest concern in there. i am sure there is rescue collapse guy and the rescue specialist are trying get in there just to see if anybody needs help. >> is there a danger of a second explosion? or bigger danger is potential more collapse? >> i would think that is what they worry about. but with an explosion like this, i dont think so. i think it is gas. i dont think there is a second setup. with all of the water in there, i think it is neg...

Distance and that could be what happened to air malaysia. we dont know. >> thanks, scott brenner. returning to the breaking news of the morning. a buildings explosion in northern manhattan. we are just getting conformation from the new york police department to fox news that we do have one person dead, 17 others injured, but they dont have more details and are saying the numbers could increase. we are waiting on a live news conference from the fdny. 5-alarm fire and many of the units trying to...

And those in charge immediately began to think about 9/11. but at this hour, we have no clarification of exactly what happened. and well bring you the latest details as we get, as close as we can to the scene, jon. we want to make sure all of our folks are safe. jon? jon: jamie, jamie colby reporting live there from the ground you see the metro-north commuter train tracks run from grand central. run essentially underground emerge at 110th street. so the metro north commuter trains are shutdown b...

Fire is now up to five-alarm level of response. and, fdny is continuing its efforts to contain the fire and then in the coming hours to finally put the fire out. there was no warning in advance from the information we have now. i would like to emphasize everything that im telling you is based on preliminary information. this is the best information we have at this moment. it is by definition preliminary. but from what we know now the only indication of danger came about 15 minutes earlier when a...